Bengal unlawful coal mining case: ED provisionally attaches belongings price Rs 165.86 crore of accused

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally hooked up immovable belongings price Rs 165.86 crore of Anup Majee, key accused within the West Bengal unlawful coal mining case.
The CBI has earlier questioned Rujuira Banerjee, spouse of state CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, on this case. The CBI, which has additionally booked Majee, has alleged monetary hyperlinks resulting in Rujuira.
According to ED, which is probing a cash laundering case within the matter, the hooked up belongings embrace land, manufacturing unit premises, plant and equipment and different belongings of two corporations — M/s Ispat Damodar Private Limited and M/s Sonic Thermal Private Limited.
“The manufacturing plants of both these companies are situated in Purulia and Bankura, West Bengal, and beneficially owned by Anup Majee,” the ED stated in an announcement.
The company initiated its investigation on the premise of an FIR registered by CBI, Kolkata.
“Money laundering investigation revealed that Anup Majee had transferred Proceeds of Crime (POC) to the tune of Rs. 67.80 Crore to both the said companies in guise of share purchase of these companies for acquiring the plants/assets of these companies. Additionally, POC to the tune of Rs. 98.06 Crore were also transferred to both of the said companies. The above mentioned POC totally Rs. 165.86 Crore transferred to these companies by Anup Majee had been layered through the maze of shell companies and generated from the illegal coal mining,” the ED assertion stated.
In this case, ED has already arrested two individuals, Vikas Mishra and Ashok Mishra. Vikas Mishra is the brother of TMC youth chief Vinay Mishra, who can also be underneath probe within the case.