By Admin 
A hearing was held in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) in the case of Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid on the house of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its co-founder Prateek Jain. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appeared on behalf of ED. During the hearing, he got angry when his mike was switched off.
According to Bar and Bench report, today’s hearing was held before Justice Surva Ghosh through video conferencing. During the hearing, ASG SV Raju said that someone was doing mischief, his mike was going off again and again. Justice Ghosh also expressed displeasure over this.
ASG SV Raju said, ‘Someone is doing mischief. I have appeared on behalf of the Central Investigation Agency. I am Additional Solicitor General. I have not completed my arguments. There is something wrong, my mic gets muted again and again. Justice Surva Ghosh expressed displeasure at this and said, ‘Let me hear him.’
On January 8, ED had raided the house of political consultancy firm I-PAC and Prateek Jain and suddenly West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached there along with senior officers. Today the High Court was hearing the petition of Trinamool Congress, in which it has demanded protection of its political data. However, ED says that it has not seized any documents in the raid, on the contrary, Mamata Banerjee left from there with the files.
The High Court rejected the petition of TMC and said that the Enforcement Directorate has stated on the basis of its Panchnama that the investigating agency has not seized any document during the raid, in such a situation the petition filed by the Trinamool Congress has no meaning, because the apprehension was expressed by the Trinamool Congress that the data collected by the Enforcement Directorate can be used politically.
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