ED conducts searches in Jharkhand, West Bengal amid crackdown on ‘coal mafia’

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Cash and different   items recovered from searches successful  West Bengal.

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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) connected Friday (November 21, 2025) greeting began coordinated searches astatine much than 40 locations successful West Bengal and Jharkhand, successful transportation with ember theft and mining cases successful the 2 States.

Amid enactment against ‘coal mafia’ syndicates,over 100 ED officials and staffers were progressive successful the searches from 6 a.m. successful the 2 States.

In Jharkhand, the bureau is covering astir 18 locations arsenic portion of the probe related to ember theft and smuggling. Locations of entities named Anil Goyal, Sanjay Udhyog, L B Singh, and Amar Mandal are being covered, an authoritative told The Hindu.

This apart, the ED is searching astir 24 premises successful West Bengal’s Durgapur, Purulia, Howrah, and Kolkata districts successful the lawsuit of amerciable mining, proscription and retention of coal. “The persons whose premises are being covered see Narendra Kharka, Yudhistar Ghosh, Krishna Murari Kayal, Chinmayi Mondal, Rajkishore Yadav and others,” the authoritative added.

Published - November 21, 2025 10:05 americium IST

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