ED arrests woman IAS officer in Chhattisgarh in alleged coal levy case
The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate arrested IAS officer Ranu Sahu in Chhattisgarh, a day after it conducted raids at her premises in connection with a money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 22 arrested IAS officer Ranu Sahu in Chhattisgarh, a day after the Central Agency conducted raids at her premises in connection with a money laundering case, officials said.
"Sahu was arrested in connection with an alleged coal levy case, and produced in a court hearing Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases here to seek her custody," ED's lawyer Saurabh Pandey said.
She is the second IAS officer in the State to be arrested in the case.
Ms. Sahu, a Chhattisgarh-cadre IAS officer of the 2010 batch, is currently posted as the director of the state agriculture department. Prior to this posting, she had served as collector of the coal-rich Korba and Raigarh districts.
The ED conducted raids at her residence in Raipur on Friday.
Her premises were raided earlier as well and her assets were attached by the ED as part of its probe into the alleged coal levy case.
Sameer Vishnoi, an IAS officer of the 2009 batch, was arrested last year.
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