Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- In a surprising development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday afternoon visited the Loudon Street residence of I-PAC founder Pratik Jain while a Central agency search operation was underway there, reviving memories of earlier instances when she had personally turned up at the premises of officials or associates during Central probes.
I-PAC is the political consultancy that is responsible for defining the political strategy of Trinamool Congress ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state in a few months.
The search operation was going on from morning but things started to take a different turn when around noon, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma reached the spot. Within minutes of his arrival, the Ch...