Gold jewellery and cash seized by ED during coordinated money laundering searches against coal mafia at 40 premises in West Bengal and Jharkhand. (PTI Photo)
The ED has launched a search operation at multiple addresses of coal traders. Since Friday morning, searches have been underway in Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Asansol, Purulia and Kolkata in West Bengal.
According to ED sources, search operations are underway at 18 places in Bengal. Central forces are also accompanying the investigators.
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Searches are underway at the home and office of businessman Lalbabu Singh, and multiple addresses of his brother, fellow businessman Kumbhanath Singh.
The Lalbabu group has a contract to extract coal from the mines of state-owned BCCL, ED sources said. The search operation comes after allegations of corruption and multiple irregularities related to financial transactions in coal exports were raised.
A search operation has also been underway at a residence adjacent to the Salt Lake bypass since Friday morning.
As per sources, around ten years ago, the CBI raided Lalbabu Singh’s house and office on allegations of irregularities and corruption in tenders at BCCL.
Sweety Kumari reports from West Bengal for The Indian Express. She is a journalist with over a decade of experience in the media industry. Covers Crime, Defence, Health , Politics etc and writes on trending topics.
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Sweety Kumari is a graduate of Calcutta University with an Honors degree in Journalism from Jaipuria College and a PG in Mass Communication from Jadavpur University. Originally from Bihar, she is brought up in Kolkata and completed her education from Kendriya Vidyalaya SaltLake. Multilingual, Sweety is fluent in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Maithili. She started her career as an Entertainment and lifestyle journalist with a newsportal in Kolkata. She is working with The Indian Express for 8 years now. ... Read More
