Overview

• Soumya Shankar Chakra remains in judicial custody on charges from an Economic Offences Wing investigation as the Enforcement Directorate expands its inquiry.
• The agency alleges he manipulated work orders and forged records to siphon crores of rupees from the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and Transporting Co-operative Society.
• Investigators seized digital and paper documents at his Keonjhar and Bhubaneshwar residences and company offices.
• ED teams visited the Keonjhar offices of the Regional Transport Office and Odisha Mining Corporation to collect evidence on suspected illegal mining.
• More than 70 vehicles tied to benami entities were identified, which authorities say were used in unlawful mining and transport operations.