The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out fresh searches at premises linked to executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC and others across multiple cities in connection with an alleged coal smuggling and pilferage case in West Bengal, officials said.
The raids were conducted at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi as part of the ongoing probe into the alleged scam, according to officials. Premises linked to I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh were among those searched.
The federal agency had earlier conducted raids in January in the same case, including at the I-PAC office and the Kolkata residence of its founder and one of the directors, Pratik Gandhi.
Singh and Jain were recently summoned by the ED to record their statements. They have approached the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the notices, citing their involvement in ongoing election work in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
