Calcutta:
An Enforcement Directorate team was attacked in West Bengal when it tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress in connection with an alleged ration scam. The investigation agency said the attack took place near Sandeshkali village.
Footage of the incident showed the windows of the car were broken. Security officials have arrived on the scene and are investigating.
The raid, which has been called off for today, was to be carried out at the residences of former Bongaon Municipality chairman Shankar Adhya and TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
Sheikh Shahjahan is the fisheries and animal resources officer of North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad and block chairman of Sandeshkhali 1.
The Trinamool Congress leader's supporters gathered outside the leader's residence as soon as the ED officials arrived and vandalized their cars
“Eight people arrived on the scene. The three of us left the incident spot… they attacked us,” a member of the raiding ED team told news agency ANI.
Two officials were injured.
West Bengal Bhartiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari condemned the attack on the ED team and said the law and order situation in West Bengal is in complete shambles. The attack shows what the Rohingya are doing to law and order in the state, he said.
He urged the National Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the case.