Raipur
The Enforcement Directorate has taken to its social media handle to reveal that the assets of Chhattisgarh’s IAS officer, coal traders and some Congress MLAs have been seized.
It may be mentioned, the ED has been probing the coal levy recovery case in Chhattisgarh since last year and now the central agency has attached assets.
Giving information about this action on Tuesday, ED wrote on Twitter that 90 movable and immovable properties have been seized in the state. These include luxury vehicles, jewelry and cash worth about Rs 51.40 crore.
This seizure has been made from IAS Ranu Sahu, businessman Suryakant Tiwari, Congress MLA from Bhilai Devendra Yadav and MLA Chandra Dev Rai in the coal levy scam. Sources said that the ED so far has attached assets worth about Rs 221.5 crore.
On the other hand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team has again conducted raids on Tuesday morning. Ravi Bajaj, Sumit Malu and Arvind Singh, all residents of Bhilai, are among those whose locations have been raided by the ED on Tuesday.
The ED has already arrested Anwar Dhebar, brother of Congress Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, in the Rs 2000 crore liquor scam. Anwar Dhebar is in ED’s custody in this case and his brother Mayor Aijaz Dhebar was questioned by the central agency.
It has been said that from the year 2019 to 2022, illegal money of Rs 2000 crore was generated from the liquor business and spend in Dubai through his partner Vikas Agrawal. The big thing said on record by ED is that Anwar distributed the money according to the percentage to the people associated with him and gave the remaining amount, which is said to be huge, to his those who provided him shelter.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has already rejected the claim made by the ED regarding the Rs 2000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.
