Chhattisgarh coal levy 'scam': ED raids IAS officer, others

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday carried out searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh in connection with its ongoing probe into an alleged coal levy scam in the state.

Raids were also carried out on premises linked to IAS officer Anbalagan P. The 2004-batch Indian Administrative Service officer has earlier served as secretary of the mineral resources department in the incumbent Congress government.

His wife D Alarmelmangai is also an IAS officer (2004 batch) and is posted as secretary of urban administration and development department and finance department. She has earlier served as director, geology and mining, in Bhupesh Baghel government.


Premises linked to some politicians and coal traders were also searched. The searches were undertaken in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, Korba, Durg and Ranchi in Jharkhand and Bengaluru.

ED had initiated a money laundering probe in October after it raided another IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and some businessmen in the state.

The investigation pertains to an alleged 'illegal levy of ₹25 for every tonne of coal transported' in Chhattisgarh by a cartel of senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen.