ED seizes assets worth Rs 2.03 crore in left wing extremism case
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Updated: Saturday, February 27, 2021, 16:41 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 27: The Enforcement Directorate has attached movable properties worth Rs 2.03 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in a case of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) of Jharkhand.
The naxalites used to collect funds through extortion from contractors, col traders, transporters in Magadh Amrapali Coal Block area of Jharkhand.
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The attached assets include movable properties in form of vehicles held in the name of Bindeshwar Ganjhu and his firm M/s Maa Gange Coal Trading Private Limited.
ED initiated investigations under PMLA on the basis of the FIR registered by the Jharkhand Police. The police had also filed a chargesheet against Ganjhu.
p The case pertains to collecting funds through extortion from contractors, coal traders and transporters in the Magadh Amrapali coal block area of Jharkhand. br /p
RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached movable properties worth Rs 2.03 crore of a Tritya Prastuti Committee (TPC) extremist identified as Bindeshwar Ganjhu alias Bindu Ganjhu under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The case pertains to collecting funds through extortion from contractors, coal traders and transporters in the Magadh Amrapali coal block area of Jharkhand.
The attached assets included vehicles registered in the name of Ganjhu and his firm M/s Maa Gange Coal Trading Private Limited.
ED attaches assets in extortion case involving Naxals in Jharkhand
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The money laundering probe is based on a chargesheet filed by Jharkhand police
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The money laundering probe is based on a chargesheet filed by Jharkhand police
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth crores in connection with extortion from contractors, coal traders and transporters in the Magadh Amrapali coal block area of Jharkhand by Naxals.
The attached properties include movable assets held in the name of Bindeshwar Ganjhu and his company Maa Gange Coal Trading Private Limited.
The ED’s money laundering probe is based on an FIR registered, and a chargesheet filed, by the Jharkhand police against Binod Kumar Ganjhu and others. The case was later taken over by the National Investigation Agency, which has so far filed two chargesheets against the accused persons.
ED launches probe against left-wing extremists for extorting coal traders in Jharkhand
Firms run by left-wing extremists of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) extorted coal traders, contractors and transports in Jharkhand s Magadh Amrapali coal block area, the ED said.
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[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of Dhansar coal mine in Jharkhand s Dhanbad (Photo Credits: PTI)
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The ED has attached vehicles worth Rs 2 crore in connection with this case
The accused have been booked under sections of the PMLA
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against three left-wing extremists for extorting coal traders and contractors in Jharkhand. The complaint has been filed the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) before a special court in Ranchi.