I-PAC Row: ED Seeks Suspension of West Bengal DGP Rajiv Kumar in Supreme Court

• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh plea in the Supreme Court seeking the suspension of West Bengal DGP Rajiv Kumar.
• ED cited Kumar's conduct, including his participation in a dharna with CM Mamata Banerjee, as grounds for disciplinary action.
• The agency also seeks directives for the DoPT and Union Home Ministry to initiate action against top West Bengal police officials.
• This move follows ED's unsuccessful attempt to get urgent relief from the Calcutta High Court for a CBI probe into alleged obstruction of raids.
• The Calcutta High Court dismissed TMC's petition against the ED raids, noting no seizures were made from I-PAC or Pratik Jain's office/residence.

Why It Matters: ED escalates I-PAC row, seeking DGP Rajiv Kumar's suspension and disciplinary action against police officials.