It has reported that the Enforcement Directorate arrested a bureaucrat of Chhattisgarh govt. in connection with a coal extortion case. The official has been identified as Soumya Chaurasia who designated as Deputy Secretary in state administration.
The arrested official was under the radar of central agencies in an illegal mining case and the Income Tax Department raided properties attached to her prior to searches by the ED. She was placed under arrest after she was summoned for questioning by the ED.
Sources said that central probe agencies had questioned the officer several times in the past two months.
The ED conducted search operations and made arrests under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002, in connection with a scam wherein an illegal levy of Rs 25 per tonne was allegedly extorted for each tonne of coal that was transported in Chhattisgarh. (Agencies)
