Chhattisgarh coal levy extortion funds used for election expenses, bribe politicians: ED

Key Highlights

• A total of eight immovable properties, land parcels and residential flats, have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
• These properties were "acquired" by the accused in the case — Ms.
• Chaurasia and Nikhil Chandrakar — in the names of their relatives from the proceeds of crime generated from the "illegal" collection of coal levy and other extortion activities, the federal probe agency said in a statement.
• “The combined value of the attached assets is ₹2.66 crore,” it said.
• The case pertains to charges that a group of private individuals, in active connivance with senior politicians and bureaucrats of Chhattisgarh, formed a "racket" to "extort" money from coal transporters at the rate of ₹25 per tonne during July 2020-June 2022.