Coal & Money Laundering Scam: ED Arrests Chhattisgarh’s Deputy Secretary Soumya Chourasia

Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Deputy Secretary in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister’s office Soumya Chourasia. He was arrested in connection with an alleged illegal coal levy and money laundering scam.

The central agency is probing the case for the last two months.

She was later produced before the special (PMLA) court judge Ajay Singh Rajput, who remanded her to ED custody for four days.

ED has already arrested a 2009 batch IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, and three businessmen, including Suryakant Tiwari whom the ED had described as the alleged kingpin of the illegal coal levy scam.

Besides, a couple of IAS and other officers, and businessmen are also under the ED scanner.