Kolkata, Feb 3 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of a money laundering investigation into a case of alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal, officials said.
About ten premises, including those belonging to a state police official Manoranjan Mondal, are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
This investigation is different from another alleged coal scam case being probed by the federal probe agency in which it had raided the premises of political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata last month.
Some persons identified as Kiran Khan, Sekh Akhtar, Prabir Datta, Mirza H Baig among others are being raided as part of the latest action, the officials said. PTI NES DV DV
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