ED Seizes 81 Properties in Chhattisgarh Coal Extortion Case

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized 81 immovable properties and issued an eviction notice for 10 immovable properties in connection with the Chhattisgarh Coal Levy Extortion case. The ED had earlier attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 152.31 crore ($20 million) beneficially owned by Saumya Chaurasia, Deputy Secretary to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Suryakant Tiwari, Sunil Agrawal and Sameer Vishnoi IAS, and others. The attached properties include eight benami immovable properties worth Rs. 7.57 crore ($1 million) beneficially owned by Chaurasia, and the remaining 43 benami properties that are beneficially controlled by Tiwari. Earlier in January, the ED provisionally attached 51 immovable properties worth Rs. 17.48 crore ($2.3 million) approximately in the same case. The ED has previously issued a Provisional Attachment Order on December 9, 2022, attaching properties worth Rs. 152.31 crore ($20 million) owned by Tiwari, Vishnoi IAS, Chaurasia, Chhattisgarh Civil Service Officer, Sunil Agarwal and others.