Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- Launching a vicious attack on the union government and the Enforcement Directorate, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the federal anti-money laundering agency of "looting" her party Trinamool Congress's election strategy and documents while searching the offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC.
The Trinamool supremo's outburst came on a day of high drama that saw the ED raid the residence and offices of Pratik Jain - owner of I-PAC- allegedly in connection with the money trail involved in the coal smuggling case in West Bengal.
This brought the central agency in direct confrontation with Banerjee, who turned up at Jain's Loudon Street residence and the I-PAC office in Salt Lake while the...