The Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has confirmed the attachment of assets worth over ₹152.31 crore belonging to the accused in the “illegal” coal levy scam case in Chhattisgarh.
The properties are beneficially owned by Saumya Chaurasia, then Deputy Secretary to the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister; “mastermind” Suryakant Tiwari; businessman Sunil Agarwal and Indian Administrative Service official Sameer Vishnoi, said the agency on June 21.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had issued the provisional attachment order on December 12 last year and then filed a chargesheet on January 5. “After giving an opportunity to all the defendants and hearing arguments of both sides, the Adjudicating Authority [PMLA], New Delhi,...has confirmed the ED’s attachment of the properties,” it said.
