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Last updated: July 21, 2023, at 23:28 IST
While the exact state in which the raids were taking place is not known, sources said they may be related to an alleged rice scam in the specific state of the survey. (image file / pti)
Sahu, who earlier worked as compiler of Raigarh, is currently appointed as a Director in the State Ministry of Agriculture.
Official sources said that the Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches against some IAS officers, a Congress politician and a group of hawala operators in Chhattisgarh as part of an investigation into a new money laundering case.
The sources said more than 15 buildings linked to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Ranu Sahu, some other bureaucrats, Chhattisgarh Congress leader and PCC treasurer Ramgopal Agarwal, contractors and hawala traders in Raipur and other cities, were raided.
Sahu, who earlier worked as compiler of Raigarh, is currently appointed as a Director in the State Ministry of Agriculture. She has been raided and linked to her assets by the ED in the past as part of their investigation into the alleged coal tax case.
The visuals showed paramilitaries stationed outside the residences of Sahu and Agrawal in the state capital and Korba Municipal Corporation Commissioner Prabhakar Pandey in Korba.
The sources said that this procedure is being done after the federal agency registered a new case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
While the exact state in which the raids were taking place is not known, sources said they may be related to an alleged rice scam in the specific state of the survey.
The agency was investigating allegations of coal taxes and beverage fraud in the state as it arrested some high-profile bureaucrats, including IAS officers, apart from the politicians and those associated with them.
On July 18, the Supreme Court asked the agency to “stay a hand in every way” in the alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam which is related to the Chhattisgarh money laundering case.
Chief Minister Bhopesh Baghel had earlier criticized the ED’s action in the two money laundering cases saying, “All actions are being carried out at the behest of the BJP’s state and centrist leaders (in Chhattisgarh)”. The Bharatiya Janata Party in the state alleged irregularities in various government departments.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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