ED Attaches ₹136.44 Crore Assets in Illegal Coal Mining from ECL Leasehold Areas in West Bengal; Total Hits ₹815 Crore – Indian PSU

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Headquarters Office, has provisionally attached assets worth ₹136.44 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in the illegal coal mining and pilferage case linked to Anup Majee alias Lala.

The latest attachment includes Garh Panchakot Eco Tourism in Purulia, Biharinath Eco Tourism in Bankura, two properties in Kolkata, bank balances, shares and mutual fund investments.

With this latest action, the total value of assets provisionally attached in the case has reached ₹815.08 crore.

The attachment is part of the ED’s action in the alleged illegal coal mining and pilferage case associated with Anup Majee. The properties and financial assets identified in the latest action span tourism ventures, real estate and financial investments.

The attachment is provisional under the PMLA, 2002. The latest action takes the cumulative value of attachments in the case to more than ₹815 crore, marking another step in the agency’s efforts to trace and attach assets allegedly linked to proceeds of crime.