ED Raid News: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several places in Chhattisgarh and some other states on Friday in connection with the investigation of money laundering case related to the alleged coal levy scam Of. The officials have given information in this regard. He told that raids are being conducted in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, Korba, Durg and Jharkhand and Bengaluru (Karnataka). Armed personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are also present along with the ED teams. Raids are also being conducted at the premises belonging to Anbalagan P., an IAS officer and Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Tourism and Culture, Government of Chhattisgarh.

IAS OFFICER NAME OF AMBALAGAN P.

)year batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anbalagan P. served as Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources in the previous Congress government Huh. His wife Anbalagan D. is posted as Secretary in Urban Administration and Development Department and Finance Department. 2022 IAS officer of the same batch had earlier also worked as the director of Geology and Mining Department in Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel government. Officials said that raids are also being conducted at the residences of some politicians, businesses associated with them and some coal traders.

35885The federal agency has approved Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society ( Chips) raided against Sameer Vishnoi, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 2022 batch working as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of After that in October launched a money laundering investigation into the alleged scam. Vishnoi has previously served as the Director of Geology and Mining Department and was the Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) during the Congress government led by Chief Minister Baghel.

)on each tonne of coal Illegal extortion of Rs

According to the agency, ED’s investigation ‘ ‘is linked to a huge scam in which every ton of coal in Chhattisgarh 73 by a gang of senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen illegal extortion of rupees was being done.” Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s deputy secretary Soumya Chaurasia, IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, coal trader Suryakant Tiwari, one of his relatives Laxmikant Tiwari and another businessman Sunil Agarwal has been arrested in the case so far.

“Using” his relatives to create “benami” assets

ED has claimed that Chaurasia, Vishnoi and some coal The businessmen allegedly “used” their relatives to create “benami” assets. In the case, ED has seized assets worth more than 540 crores. The federal probe agency alleged that a “huge conspiracy” was hatched in the natural resource-rich state to “scam” the coal levy, involving 35885 in the last two years. “Extortion” of crores of rupees was done. The money laundering case came to the fore following a complaint by the Income Tax Department, which was registered in June 2022 following raids by tax officials.

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