Three booked for allegedly dealing in stolen coal
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Racket spanned over Jharkhand, W. Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, says CBI
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Racket spanned over Jharkhand, W. Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, says CBI
The CBI has booked three residents of Uttar Pradesh for their alleged involvement in the illegal sale of stolen coal in different parts of the country.
The accused have been identified as Niyaj Ahmed, Murari Seth and Krishna Nand. While Niyaz and Murari are from Chandauli, the third one is from Ghazipur.
In the FIR, instituted on a complaint from a private person named Minhaj Ahmad, the agency has mentioned Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as the States where the three allegedly dealt in stolen coal.
Illegal coal mining scam: ED attaches assets worth nearly Rs 167 crore of accused Anup Majee
The investigation agency had recently arrested the brother of local Trinamool Congress leader Vinay Mishra in relation to the case. Sonic Thermal Private Limited, one of the factories whose assets have been attached by ED. | ED/Twitter
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached properties worth Rs 165.86 crore of belonging to Anup Majee, the prime accused in an illegal coal mining case in West Bengal. Investigation in the case also involves Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
The attached assets include land, factory premises, plant and machinery, and other assets of two companies, Ispat Damodar Private Limited and Sonic Thermal Private Limited, according to India Today.
They include land parcels, factory premises, plant and machinery
The assets include land parcels, factory premises, plant and machinery and other properties of two companies named Ispat Damodar Private Limited and Sonic Thermal Private Limited.
“The manufacturing plants of both companies are located in Purulia and Bankura, West Bengal, and they are beneficially owned by Anup Majhi,” said an official.
The ED has been conducting money-laundering probe based on a case registered by the CBI against Anup Majhi and others.
In the past few days, the CBI has questioned Anup Majhi. Several witness statements have also been recorded.
According to the ED, the main accused had transferred proceeds of the crime ₹67.80 crore to Ispat Damodar Private Limited and Sonic Thermal Private Limited, ostensibly to buy shares for acquiring their assets.
Bengal coal mining case: ED attaches immovable assets of Anup Majhi
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Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021, 06:57 PM IST
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The federal agency had initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by CBI, Kolkata. The agency, in a release on Monday said that the money laundering investigation revealed that Majhi had transferred proceeds of crime (POC) to the tune of Rs. 67.80 Crore to both the said companies in guise of share purchase of these companies for acquiring the plants/assets of these companies.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable assets to the tune of Rs. 165.86 crores owned by Anup Majhi, alleged kingpin of coal mining scandal in poll-bound West Bengal.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable assets to the tune of Rs 165.86 crore owned by Anup Majhi in the illegal coal mining case.Majhi, the director of the company engaged in the purchase and sale of dry fuel, is accused of .