Why the Enforcement Directorate is being seen as a political weapon

Unlike the CBI, the ED has policing powers without the accountability imposed on the regular police

Is it any wonder that Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP, skipped summons twice to present himself before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) before he was raided and detained on Sunday? The truth is that the ED, already a feared institution, has been further empowered in cases relating to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), with the Supreme Court giving its stamp of approval to changes made by the Parliament in 2019. But it may be that despite its good intentions, the government’s tinkering may have made the law damaging to the polity in certain ways.

The ED’s sweeping powers, combined