The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided premises associated with activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander, a vocal critic of many of the Narendra Modi government’s policies, prompting academics and rights defenders to allege an attempt to “intimidate and try to silence” every dissenter. The raids, carried out purportedly in connection with a money-laundering probe, began between 8am and 9am and were continuing past 8pm. Mander’s home and his office at the Centre for Equity Studies (CES) &...