ED undertakes investigation of coal mining scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken up the investigation of the alleged coal theft at Amrapali Project under Magadh Amrapali Area of the CCL that caused a loss of Rs 83.63 Crore to the CCL.

Sources said that the premier agency has lodged an FIR against five CCL officials besides directors of the private company. These officials namely Dilip Kumar Sharma (Project Officer), Shambhu Kumar Jha (Manager), Umesh Kumar Singh (Senior Surveyor), Pankaj Kumar Jha (Senior Survey Officer), Nihar Ranjan Saw (Chief Manager Mining), directors of M/S AMPL-MIPL-GCL (JV) have been booked IPC sections 120B, 420, 409, and 477 A and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.