The anti-money laundering agency told Justice Jay Sengupta that since politically influential persons are involved in the case, the State Police may damage its own case.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL highlighting the "brutal attack" on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during raids conducted recently in relation to an alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam
Single-judge Justice Amrita Sinha pulled up the ED for not properly investigating the school jobs for cash scam case, particularly the involvement of Banerjee in the scam.
The ED told the Calcutta High Court that it does not intend to use the 16 files downloaded from the computer of a firm linked to Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee as evidence in any probe against him.
While the ED claims its officer used the firm's computer to check his child's hostel details, the TMC leader has alleged before the Calcutta High Court that the officer downloaded 16 files from the said computer.