‘ED is itself an idiot’: Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury after attack against central agency officials in Bengal

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Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials were attacked in West Bengal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury—leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha—Sunday criticized the central enforcement agency as “an idiot" and the ruling Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state over the incident. "What will ED do? ED is itself an idiot," the West Bengal Congress chief said. On January 5, the economic intelligence agency team was attacked and its vehicles were damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas district when the central arrived to raid the house of block level TMC functionaries Shahjahan Sheikh--a close aide of state minister Jyotipriyo Mallick--and Shankar Adhya, and their relatives in connection with alleged ration scam.

Earlier, state minister Jyotipriyo Mallick was arrested in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam. Shahjahan Sheikh is yet to be apprehended and the agency has issued a lookout notice against the TMC leader. Reacting to the lookout notice the Congress leader said: Shahjahan Sheikh, “What will ED do? ED is itself an idiot.

The ruling party in Bengal will look after him." The Congress MP from Berhampore also accused the Trinamool Congress, its ally in the INDIA bloc, of protecting their functionaries and dubbed them as a ‘look after’ government. "The ruling party in Bengal will look after him. The ruling party works to protect dangerous people in the party.

This is a 'look after' government. So, what is the use of a lookout circular? The borders are porous...They should not make tall claims - be it BJP, ED or CBI," he said. He also criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the issue of borders, saying that they are “porous".