Coal smuggling case: CBI summons alleged kingpin Majhi again
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Kolkata, April 7 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned the illegal coal smuggling case s alleged kingpin Anup Majhi aka Lala for questioning for the fourth time on Thursday, officials said.
A senior CBI official related to the probe told IANS: We have issued summons to Majhi for questioning on April 8 at our office at Salt Lake here.
Majhi has been evasive during his questioning earlier, said the official who did not want to be identified.
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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.