ED seizes Rs 80L cash of SECL former CMD
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable property in the form of seized cash amounting to Rs 80 lakh in a money laundering case related to corruption and criminal misconduct by MP Dixit, the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL).
Dixit had allegedly demanded and agreed to accept illegal gratification of Rs 1 crore for illegally favouring a private entity Maruti Clean Coal & Power Ltd. (MCCPL).
Investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was initiated on the basis of the FIR registered by CBI, Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)-II, New Delhi under Indian Penal Code Section relating to criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Dixit, Vijendra Singh, Surojit Samanta, VN Singh, Bajrang Lal Aggrawal, Ram Avatar Aggarwal, Sanjay Singh, Vinod Baid and Naveen Sharma.
