After being detained, Sahu, who was working as the state agriculture department's director, was brought before a judge, who sentenced her to three days in ED custody.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested IAS officer Ranu Sahu in Chhattisgarh in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal levy scam in the state, officials said.
Notably, Sahu is the second IAS officer in the state to be arrested in connection with the case after 2009 batch IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi was arrested last year
Following her arrest, Sahu, who was posted as the director of the state agriculture department, was presented in a court that sent her to three-day ED custody