"Intimidating or threatening a public servant from performing their duties is a graver offence, punishable with 2 years' imprisonment and a fine, or both. The third issue is Constitutional and serious," CV Ananda Bose said.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly obstructing the Enforcement Directorate's raid at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and taking away "key evidence" from the site.
"There have been corruption cases in West Bengal for years now. But it has become a fashion among the BJP that whenever a state is about to go to the polls, they send ED there before them. If this were indeed a case against this company, the company has been in operation for years now. Th
Bharatiya Janata Party National President and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed a Doctors' Meet held in Tangra, West Bengal, on Thursday. Addressing the Doctors' Meet, Nadda highlighted the transformative healthcare initiatives undertaken under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's le
"IPAC has been working in Bengal for 10 years. What is the reason for the ED raids just before the elections? So many cases are pending. ED can go there. There is no issue with it. But today, the BJP is misusing ED people," Subhankar said.
Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday asserted that the state has two cancerous growths on its body politic - one is violence, and the other is corruption.
Patra said the ED conducted searches at 10 locations across the country, six in West Bengal and four in Delhi, in connection with an alleged coal scam and linked hawala transactions. According to him, raids were carried out on premises connected to Anup Majhi, an accused in the coal scam,
Security around West Bengal Governor Dr C V Ananda Bose has been tightened late Thursday night after he received a threatening email stating "will blast him", allegedly warning of a blast and posing a threat to the Governor's life, an official statement said.
High political drama unfolded in West Bengal on Thursday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC even as the Enforcement Directorate was conducting search operations in connection with the coal smuggling case.
The Governor told ANI that preventing a public servant from the due discharge of his public functions is an offence under the BNS and intimidating or threatening a public servant from doing his duty is a graver offence
The Chief Minister said the Union government had "not given a single penny" for Gangasagar, held annually at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal. She also expressed disappointment over the Centre's refusal to grant it national fair recognition.
Following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the I-PAC office in Kolkata, BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal said that "all frauds of Prashant Kishor and IPAC should be unveiled."