India, Jan. 8 -- Pratik Jain, co-founder and director of leading political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee, or I-PAC, has found himself in the middle of a money laundering probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which conducted raids at not just I-PAC's office but also Jain's residence in West Bengal's Kolkata.

Apart from I-PAC's office in Salt Lake and Jain's house on Loudon Street in Kolkata, official sources told news agency PTI that eight other locations were raided by the ED officials in presence of f central paramilitary teams since 7 am on Thursday.

I-PAC, which does political consultancy for West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress, also looks after its IT and media cell. The raids prompted sharp replie...