Covid Welcomes CBI Action in West Bengal May 17, 2021, 9:23 PM IST Indrajit Hazra is Editor Views, Economic Times. His attempt to comment on everything under the sun has made him a social menace in certain social media circles. In an extraordinary nod to its innate sense of justice, the coronavirus suspended its untargeted attack on Kolkata on Monday. Responding to CBI’s arrest of TMC ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, and MLAs and former ministers Madan Mitra and Sovan Chattopadhyay, for their alleged involvement in a corruption sting operation, Covid halted its assault of a population that was, since the last two days, under near-lockdown.