The Enforcement Directorate has attached moveable and immoveable assets, including flats, jewellery, coal washeries and plots, worth around Rs 152.31 crore allegedly belonging to arrested Chhattisgarh government bureaucrats – Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s Deputy Secretary Saumya Chaurasia, IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and others — in the coal levy scam money laundering case. Initial investigation has revealed that Chaurasia, Vishnoi and some coal traders allegedly used their relatives’ names to create benami assets.
The ED had collected incriminating evidence during its searches at more than 75 locations, including the mining departments at DC offices of Korba and Raighad.
