The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur against eight persons, including Saumya Chaurasia, former deputy secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in an alleged money laundering case linked to the coal levy case in the state.
Seven other accused are her brother Anurag Chaurasia, alleged kingpin of the scam Suryakant Tiwari’s brother Rajnikant Tiwari, his mother Kailash Tiwari, mining officers S S Nag and Sandeep Kumar Nayak, and one Rajesh Choudhary.
The chargesheet, runs into more than 5,500 pages, was filed in the court of 4th Additional District and Sessions Judge (Special Judge PMLA) Ajay Singh Rajput, ED’s counsel Saurabh Pandey told PTI.
