Overview
- ED’s Ranchi unit searched about 18 locations in Jharkhand, while the Kolkata unit covered roughly 24 premises across Durgapur, Purulia, Howrah and Kolkata.
- Properties linked to traders and contractors including Anil Goyal, Sanjay Udhyog, L B Singh and Amar Mandal were searched, with sites tied to Narendra Kharka, Yudhistir Ghosh and Krishna Murari Kayal also examined.
- Officials describe the cases as involving extensive pilferage and smuggling that caused government losses estimated in the hundreds of crores of rupees.
- The searches were conducted with support from state police and security provided by central armed forces.
- Officials reported seizures of some cash and gold jewellery, and a parallel CBI investigation into the broader coal smuggling case is nearing completion.