ED raids residences of TMC minister Jyotipriyo Mallick, others over 'ration scam'

Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials began an early Thursday morning search at the residences of West Bengal minister Jyotipriyo Mallick in connection with an ongoing probe into the alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam.

The ED sleuths raided two flats belonging to



Mallick, the state’s forest minister, at Kolkata's Salt Lake area, supported by a team of central forces, an officer said.

The ruling Trinamool Congress termed the raids as "nothing but political vendetta" amid festivities in the state.