Charge sheet in ED court in money laundering: documents of irregularities totalling more than Rs 500 crore submitted against IAS Vishnoi, Suryakant, and two businessmen.

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The ED presented a charge sheet of 8,000 pages in the Raipur court on Friday. This challan is related to IAS Sameer Vishnoi, businessmen Suryakant Tiwari, Laxmikant Tiwari, and Sunil Agarwal. How did these four accused embezzle crores of rupees? How did the IAS use its powers while in office?

The Enforcement Directorate officers arrived quietly at the Raipur court with the charge sheets in their vehicles. The officers reached Judge Ajay Singh’s court and were informed. Although the discussion was to present the charge sheet on Saturday, it was introduced a day earlier.

An application is being debated in court. A businessman filed this complaint against ED officials on Friday. This application is related to the accused, who is the subject of the ED investigation. The applicant stated in his application to the court that ED officers are harassing him for no apparent reason.

According to sources, the ED has mentioned the financial irregularities committed by the four accused: IAS Sameer, businessman Laxmikant, Sunil Aggarwal, and Suryakant. Previously, the Enforcement Directorate told the court that the Income Tax Department shared documents containing evidence of illegal extortion. According to them, Rs 500 crore was recovered from coal transportation in 16 months and distributed.

They discovered a diary during the Income Tax Department raids in June 2022. In several places, it mentions giving money to Sameer Vishnoi. One page states that Sameer Vishnoi will receive Rs 50 lakh in March 2022. Many handwritten papers containing money transactions were discovered in Sameer Vishnoi’s home. The incident was reported to the ED from here.

According to the ED, businessman Sunil Kumar Agarwal is involved in the recovery process in this case. In February 2022, Sunil Kumar Agarwal formed a corporation. He bought two coal washeries in July and August of 2022. Under duress, the owners of these two companies were forced to maintain low coal prices. They were then sold as well. Allegedly, the illegally obtained funds were spent in these coal washeries.

The Income Tax Department recovered Rs 6 crore 44 lakh in cash and jewellery worth more than Rs 3 crore 24 lakh from Laxmikant Tiwari during a raid in June 2022. When the ED arrived at his house in Mahasamund on October 11, he had gone out two days earlier. He was later apprehended at a hotel in Raipur based on intelligence. Following an investigation, Rs 1.5 crore in cash was recovered from a location he mentioned. Laxmikant Tiwari is said to be in charge of cash transactions and representing Benami assets.

On Tuesday, the ED produced all the accused in the money laundering case in court. Even after several hours of hearing, he has not gotten any relief. Businessmen Suryakant Tiwari, IAS Sameer Vishnoi, Laxmikant Tiwari, and Sunil Agarwal have been jailed until December 10 by the court. On the other hand, Deputy Secretary Saumya Chaurasia has been sent to ED custody until December 10.
All of them will be produced in court again on Saturday.