The enforcement branch of Kolkata Police raided a publishing house for printing and selling books critical of the Trinamool Congress-led government.

Mamata Banerjee is angry again. This time, with a Kolkata publisher, who has published a book penned by former IPS officer Nazrul Islam, in which the author is said to have criticised the Trinamool chief whip.

So, the enforcement branch of the Kolkata Police is said to have raided the College Street-based publishing house with no formal order for doing so. The publisher has reportedly been asked to stop selling Islam's book.

Islam's book in Bengali, titled Muslimder Ki Koroniyo (What Muslims Should Do), takes a critical look at the politics round minorities. Among other things, it also has a critique of the the present Trinamool-led government.

Islam, in his account, refers to vote bank policies and takes a dog the TMC government's sops given to minorities to woo them and keep them on their side. Banerjee had recently announced stipends for imams and opening of more madrasas - which according to the author are ploys to appease the Muslim voters.

While the chief minister's involvement has not been established yet, it is clear that the orders for raiding the publisher came from high ranks of the ruling party.

The CPI(M) was quick to condemn the police action by calling the TMC government 'fascist and intolerant'. "This is an anti-thesis to our democratic values," senior CPI(M) leader told the Economic Times.