ED Moves Supreme Court Over Mamata Banerjee's Alleged Interference in I-PAC Raid

• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Supreme Court, alleging West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee interfered with a raid at the I-PAC office and director Pratik Jain's home.
• ED seeks a CBI probe against Banerjee, claiming she aided police in removing incriminating documents during the raid.
• The West Bengal government has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, requesting to be heard before any order is passed regarding the ED raids.
• The ED alleges Banerjee illegally obstructed a lawful search operation under PMLA in a coal pilferage scam money laundering case.
• The agency claims ₹20 crore in hawala funds from the coal scam were routed to I-PAC, which also handled operations in Goa for the Aam Aadmi Party's election campaign.

Why It Matters: ED escalates I-PAC raid interference claims to Supreme Court, seeking CBI probe against Mamata Banerjee.