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New Delhi : Coal traders have now come under the scanner of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) in the coal levy scam. Illegal levy of Rs 540 crore has been collected by forming a syndicate from 2020 to 2022. According to sources, the team has made a list of more than 50 coal businessmen, who are being called for questioning by sending notices.
So far, notices have been sent to more than 15 businessmen. Those who are arriving to record their statement. ACB investigation has found irregularities in coal lifting and delivery orders on a large scale in the last few years. Now businessmen are being interrogated on this basis. At the same time, the interrogation of suspended IAS Ranu Sahu and Soumya Chaurasia, who are in jail in the coal scam, will start from today.
Highly placed sources of the department say that the list of businessmen that has been prepared includes the names of coal businessmen from Raipur, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, Bilaspur and other districts. Their problems are related to many big coal mines. ACB and EOW are issuing notices to various mining related businessmen including Kusmunda Coal Mines, Deepka Coal Mines, Gevra Coal Mines, Gayatri Coal Mines, Amgaon Coal Mines.
ACB-EOW is investigating based on the ED report. In this, investigation is also going on on the levy collection of Rs 25 per tonne of coal transport in the previous government. Based on the report of the Enforcement Directorate, EOW has registered a named FIR against more than 40 people.
