A “close confidant” of bureaucrat Saumya Chaurasia, two mining officers, and an alleged conman who impersonated as an ED officer are among the four people arrested by the ED in the coal levy ‘scam’ of Chhattisgarh, an official statement said Saturday.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. ED had earlier issued a Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) attaching proceeds of crime worth Rs 152.5 crore and filed a Prosecution Complaint under PMLA. Recently, searches were conducted in Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Pune on specific inputs. Chhattisgarh: ED Arrests Four Accused in Illegal Coal Scam.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday made four fresh arrests in Chhattisgarh in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case pertaining to illegal commission on coal sale by state government officialsThe accused were identified .
The investigation relates to "a massive scam in which an illegal levy of Rs 25 was being extorted for every tonne of coal transported in Chhattisgarh by a cartel involving senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen," the agency has alleged