India, Jan. 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the state's director general of police (DGP) and the Kolkata police commissioner, accusing them of obstructing a lawful money laundering probe, forcibly snatching digital devices and documents, and wrongfully confining ED officers during search operations at political consultancy firm I-PAC last week.

Details of the ED's petition, which came to light on Monday, reveal a blistering attack on the Trinamool Congress-led state machinery, with the central agency alleging that the "highest constitutional functionary of the state" personally led a mob of senior officials and armed police...