India, April 14 -- Just ten days before the highly-anticipated assembly elections in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Vinesh Chandel on Monday. Chandel is the co-founder and director of the political consultancy firm I-PAC, whose clients include the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Chandel was arrested by ED on Monday night on money laundering charges linked to an alleged coal scam in the state. This arrest comes weeks after the central agency raided his Delhi property in relation to the charges.

However, this is not the first time I-PAC found itself under the scanner of the ED. In January, Pratik Jain, who is one of the directors of the political consultancy, was raided by ED officials in Kolkata. This raid sparked a ma...