West Bengal Election 2026: Enforcement Directorate Raids 12 Locations Amid Ration Scam Investigation

With just two weeks to go for the West Bengal Election 2026, the political slugfest over the central agency's over-activity in the state is back. On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 12 places in the state, including Kolkata, to get to the bottom of the ration scam case. At the heart of the investigation, according to ED sources, are businessmen. ED's'operation '. Early on Friday, multiple teams of ED officers raided 12 places in Kolkata, including Bangaon, Murshidabad, and Howrah. A businessman's office on the 8th floor of Kolkata's Poddar Court, a commercial building in Minto Park, and a businessman's residence on Lord Sinha Road were searched. Central forces personnel cordoned off the area to look for documents related to the allocation of the ration scam. The first police investigation into the long-running case began in 2020.