How Suryakant Tiwari rose to rule coal money movement in Chhattisgarh

Express News Service

RAIPUR:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) that has carried out in depth raids not too long ago at a number of areas in Chhattisgarh has cited Suryakant Tiwari earlier than the Raipur court docket as the principle kingpin of the coal transportation rip-off.

Suryakant Tiwari, 50, born in a easy center class household at Paikin village in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh has notched up his affect in each political occasion ever because the new state was carved out of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh in November 2000. For many, he’s seen as an astute businessman-turn-lobbyist who managed to shortly sworn allegiance to the regime in energy. 

Tiwari, said to be absconding ever because the raids had been launched on October 10, can be stated to be concerned in a cash laundering case. It was the second raid by ED this 12 months at his premises after the Income Tax division searched his areas earlier in June.

He then launched a video alleging a conspiracy by the IT division to topple the Bhupesh Baghel authorities, claiming that the IT officers tried to lure him with the chief minister’s publish if he makes use of his affect to overthrow the state authorities. His assertions had led to sparring between the Congress and the BJP. The Bangalore police too registered an FIR in opposition to him in July for having criminally conspired to destroy the evidences in reference to IT raids.

Political observers who knew Tiwari carefully stated he was nicely versed in how the system works and thus managed no matter the occasion in energy. He is claimed to be near Congress however his proximity to BJP or Jogi’s occasion isn’t any secret both. Tiwari is a Brahmin married to the daughter of three-time Congress MLA Agni Chandrakar, a Kurmi. This facilitated his outreach, socially and politically, inside the influential Kurmi neighborhood.

“It was during the BJP government that he again shifted his interest to coal. When the Congress returned to power in 2018, he struggled for 14 months and later used his political connections with support of officials to get his way through,” stated a schoolmate of Tiwari. 

‘Tiwari ran parallel system of cash flow’
After getting the custodial remand of 2009-batch IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and two others, the ED stated that Suryakant Tiwari alongside along with his aides ran a parallel system of extorting unlawful levy on coal and was concerned in unaccounted money motion. ED claimed to have traced a cartel involving bureaucrats, businessmen and politicians. “Around `2-3 crore was generated daily,” ED said.
 

RAIPUR:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) that has carried out in depth raids not too long ago at a number of areas in Chhattisgarh has cited Suryakant Tiwari earlier than the Raipur court docket as the principle kingpin of the coal transportation rip-off.

Suryakant Tiwari, 50, born in a easy center class household at Paikin village in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh has notched up his affect in each political occasion ever because the new state was carved out of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh in November 2000. For many, he’s seen as an astute businessman-turn-lobbyist who managed to shortly sworn allegiance to the regime in energy. 

Tiwari, said to be absconding ever because the raids had been launched on October 10, can be stated to be concerned in a cash laundering case. It was the second raid by ED this 12 months at his premises after the Income Tax division searched his areas earlier in June.

He then launched a video alleging a conspiracy by the IT division to topple the Bhupesh Baghel authorities, claiming that the IT officers tried to lure him with the chief minister’s publish if he makes use of his affect to overthrow the state authorities. His assertions had led to sparring between the Congress and the BJP. The Bangalore police too registered an FIR in opposition to him in July for having criminally conspired to destroy the evidences in reference to IT raids.

Political observers who knew Tiwari carefully stated he was nicely versed in how the system works and thus managed no matter the occasion in energy. He is claimed to be near Congress however his proximity to BJP or Jogi’s occasion isn’t any secret both. Tiwari is a Brahmin married to the daughter of three-time Congress MLA Agni Chandrakar, a Kurmi. This facilitated his outreach, socially and politically, inside the influential Kurmi neighborhood.

“It was during the BJP government that he again shifted his interest to coal. When the Congress returned to power in 2018, he struggled for 14 months and later used his political connections with support of officials to get his way through,” stated a schoolmate of Tiwari. 

‘Tiwari ran parallel system of cash flow’
After getting the custodial remand of 2009-batch IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and two others, the ED stated that Suryakant Tiwari alongside along with his aides ran a parallel system of extorting unlawful levy on coal and was concerned in unaccounted money motion. ED claimed to have traced a cartel involving bureaucrats, businessmen and politicians. “Around `2-3 crore was generated daily,” ED said.