India, Jan. 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee) and its director Pratik Jain, officials familiar with the development said.

While the agency confirmed that it was searching the office of I-PAC at Salt Lake in Kolkata as well as the residence of Jain at Loudon Street and another businessman's house, officials didn't divulge the allegations under which the action was being taken.

The ED teams were accompanied by officials from a central paramilitary force.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached the TMC's IT cell and I-Pac's main office on the 11th floor of a building at Salt Lake around 12:40pm.

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