Ranchi, 3 March (HS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized 3 from the residential premise of Md Ezhar Ansari in Hazaribagh. The raid was conducted during the investigation of anomalies in captive coal consumption.
In 2007, the state government introduced a policy to provide coal to small and medium enterprises at a cheap rate through coal mines of the companies of the central government. The JSMDC became the nodal agency for the supply of coal to such small and medium enterprises. It is alleged that Ashok Kumar and unknown officials of JSMDC used to charge a commission from companies and enterprises and coal was sold in the open market. After which ED started a probe, a JSMDC official said.
Hindusthan Samachar/Raj Kumar
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