New Delhi, 09 January (H.S.): Trinamool Congress MPs, including firebrands Mahua Moitra and Derek O'Brien, were detained Friday by Delhi Police during a raucous protest outside Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Kartavya Bhawan office, decrying the Enforcement Directorate's raids on political consultancy I-PAC as brazen agency misuse ahead of West Bengal polls.

Wielding placards proclaiming Bengal Rejects Modi-Shah's Dirty Politics, eight TMC parliamentarians—Derek O'Brien, Mahua Moitra, Satabdi Roy, Bapi Haldar, Saket Gokhale, Pratima Mondal, Kirti Azad, and Sharmila Sarkar—attempted to storm the premises but were physically evicted, with viral footage capturing officers dragging and carrying them to Parliament Street Police Station amid prohibitory orders and security protocols.

Backlash to ED's Kolkata Swoop Targets TMC War Room

The confrontation erupted a day after ED teams raided I-PAC's Kolkata office and chief Prashant Kishor's residence, which TMC alleges aimed to pilfer sensitive election strategies and internal documents; Mamata Banerjee personally inspected the site, vowing resistance.

MPs decried the Extortion Directorate as Union vendetta, with Moitra thundering post-detention: Amit Shah's arrogance assaults elected voices to throttle democracy—Bengal stands unbowed.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar