Documents suggesting payments worth ₹100 crore were recovered from the premises of Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) during a “search operation” on October 18, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed a Raipur court last week, while seeking further custody of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sameer Vishnoi to ascertain “beneficiaries” of the payments in a purported money laundering case.
The former CEO of CHiPS, who was arrested on October 13, had signed several cheques without following due procedure but was “evasive” in his responses during the probe, the federal agency added.
The money laundering case is linked to alleged illegal levy extorted from coal and mining transporters in the state by a nexus of government officials, businessmen and private entities.
