Police raid Abhishek Banerjee’s house at 2am to trace aide in land fraud case

Police conducted a predawn raid at the Kolkata home of Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday. The search, carried out by a team from Salboni police station, aimed to locate his personal assistant, Sumit Roy, who is an accused in a land fraud case.

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A team from Salboni police station searched Abhishek Banerjee’s house in the early morning on Saturday. Police went there looking for an accused. The search lasted for a little more than an hour. The accused wasn’t found. No items were seized.

According to police officials, the search lasted over an hour and no items were seized. The operation involved a standoff with those inside the residence, leading to Kolkata Police's disaster management group being called to break open the locks around 6 a.m. Banerjee and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were present during the search. Banerjee described the raid as "political vendetta."

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They broke open the locks to search the house. I am not the investigating agency. The search was conducted by the agency. So, question them. Not me.

The incident occurs as Banerjee faces summons in multiple cases from the Enforcement Directorate and the state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). A Tripura court also issued him a summons. The TMC's official X account posted, "Political vendetta gets from bad to worse."

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Political vendetta gets from bad to worse.