The Economic Times

I-T dept raids premises linked to TMC candidate, proposer of Mamata Banerjee's nomination ahead of Bengal polls

Income Tax officials searched properties linked to TMC MLA Debashis Kumar and Miraj Shah in Kolkata. The raids occurred days before voting for the assembly polls. The TMC alleged the searches were meant to harass the ruling party. The operation aims to uncover unaccounted money flow before the elections. Central forces were deployed at the locations.