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posted by: Kavya Mishra
Last updated: May 09, 2023, 19:06 IST
The ED has filed two charge sheets in the case so far. (representative image / IANS)
The property of IAS officer Ranu Sahu and coal trader Suryakant Tiwari has also been temporarily attached under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
The Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday that immovable assets, luxury vehicles, jewelery and cash worth over Rs 51 crore belong to Chhattisgarh Congress MLAs Devender Yadav, Chandradev Prasad Rai and PCC treasurer Ramgopal Agarwal among others who have been attached in the alleged coal tax investigation case.
The properties belonging to IAS officer Ranu Sahu and coal dealer Suryakant Tiwari as well as two other individuals identified as RP Singh and Vinod Tiwari have been temporarily attached under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“During the investigations, direct evidence of the above-mentioned persons’ financial links with Suryakant Tiwari was identified and the assets created were identified through layers of proceeds of crime or assets equivalent to seizure actions under PMLA,” the agency said in a statement. .
The agency had earlier attached the assets of IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and state service bureaucrat Saumya Chaurasia in the case.
The agency earlier said the investigation related to allegations of “a large-scale fraud in which an illegal tax of 25 rupees was extorted for every ton of coal transported in Chhattisgarh by a cartel comprising top bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen.”
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