Mahua Moitra, Derek O’Brien and other TMC MPs dragged away by Delhi Police from their protest outside HM Amit Shah’s residence over IPAC raid

TMC MPs detained by Delhi Police
Mahua Derek dragged away by Delhi Police, images via PTI video

TMC MPs including Mahua Moitra and Derek O’Brien were dragged and carried away by law enforcement authorities after they held a sit-in protest outside the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah and raised slogans. The TMC MPs were protesting against the ED raid at the office of the political consultancy firm IPAC in Kolkata on Thursday.

The TMC MPs have been detained by the Delhi Police as of now, as per reports.

The TMC MPs had held placards and raised slogans like ‘Bengal rejects Modi-Shah’s dirty politics’. TMC has claimed that the ED’s raid at IPAC is politically motivated and the BJP is using the probe agency to target them ahead of the assembly elections.

Mahua Moitra claimed that ED was sent to “steal strategic party information”.

In Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee has lodged a complaint against ED for “stealing TMC’s internal data” during the ED raid. The complaint has been turned into an FIR. 

It is notable here that CM Mamata Banerjee had intervened during the ED’s raid at the IPAC office and IPAC chief Prateik Jain’s residence. In a statement, the Enforcement Directorate informed, “West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee entered Pratik Jain’s residence, took away key evidence, including physical documents, electronic devices.”

It further added, “Mamata Banerjee’s convoy then proceeded to the I-PAC office from where the CM, her aides, police forcibly removed documents, electronic devices. A person holding a constitutional post misused her authority to take away files.”

Written by OpIndia Staff
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