ED's action in Bengal coal smuggling case
State Bureau, Kolkata. During the investigation of the new case related to coal smuggling, ED has taken major action and seized property worth about Rs 4 crore. According to agency sources, a huge amount of cash and gold jewelery was recovered during raids at the premises of accused Chinmay Mandal and Kiran Khan (uncle and nephew), who were arrested on Monday.
It is being told that gold jewelery worth about Rs 2 crore 60 lakh and Rs 28 lakh in cash have been found from the houses of the accused. Apart from this, about Rs 1 crore cash has also been recovered from the residence of another businessman related to the case. The agency has already indicated that this network of coal theft and related corruption may be linked to illegal transactions worth more than Rs 170 crore.
The investigating agencies are now busy finding out from where the accused collected gold jewelery worth crores of rupees and where this money was invested. According to sources, Chinmay Mandal and Kiran Khan had allegedly built their 'coal empire' through the main accused Anup Maji alias Lala.
In the CBI investigation, Anup Maji alias Lala was said to be the main face of this smuggling network. Later, when aspects of money laundering came to light, ED also started investigation and is continuously conducting raids, arrests and confiscation of assets.
This episode started in the year 2020, when cases of coal theft were reported from various siding areas of the Railways. The preliminary investigation was started by the Income Tax Department, after which the CBI took over the case.
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