The ED team was attacked in West Bengal's Sandeskh Khali after it had raided certain locations in North 24 Parganas district in connection with a ration distribution scam case.
"They say all of these projects need to be painted saffron. We respect saffron because it is worn by saints. But why should everything be painted in BJP colour?" Mamata Banerjee said speaking at a public distribution program in South 24 Parganas.
"He (Shahjahan Sheikh) may have fled to Bangladesh. Didi has turned all those areas (North 24 Parganas' Sandeshkhali) into Bangladesh. Fleeing to Bangladesh is not a problem from there. He can go to Bangladesh at any time," Majumdar said while speaking to reporters.
TMC leader Shankar Adhya was arrested by the ED after an extensive search of his premises in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district which comes a day after an ED team was attacked during raids in the case.
The ED officials were attacked and their vehicles were damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Thursday when they tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in connection with an alleged ration scam case.
Amid the glare of central probe agencies on leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress over alleged misdeeds, a team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was attacked and its vehicles damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Friday morning.
An Enforcement Directorate team was attacked by 800-1000 people armed with lathis, stones and bricks while they were on a search operation at the premises of Trinamool Congress (TMC) North 24 Parganas Convenor Sahajahan Sheikh.
After ED officials travelling in a vehicle allegedly came under attack in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Friday launched a blistering attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, c
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday called the attack on members of the Enforcement Directorate team in North 24 Parganas district "ghastly".
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded an NIA probe into the attack on the Enforcement Directorate team in Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Following the attack on the team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in West Bengal, Union Minister Nisith Pramanik on Friday said that it is not just an attack on the central agency, rather it's an attack on the Constitution and the whole federal structure.
As per reports, the ED was conducting raids at the residence of former Bongaon Municipality Chairman Shankar Adhya in Bangaon and TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan's house in connection with the alleged ration scam case.