The
Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the first information reports (FIRs)
registered by the West Bengal police against Enforcement Directorate (ED)
officers and issued notices to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Director General
of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar, and others. The notices were issued in response
to petitions filed by the ED accusing the state authorities of obstructing its
search operations in West Bengal.
A
Bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul Pancholi also
sought responses from the respondents on the ED’s plea seeking a Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident.