New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, stated on Monday that it has attached eight immovable properties, comprising land parcels and residential flats valued at Rs. 2.66 crore, belonging to Saumya Chaurasia and Nikhil Chandrakar.

These properties, held in the names of their relatives, were acquired using the Proceeds of Crime generated from scheduled offences, including the illegal collection of a coal levy and other extortion activities.

The ED initiated its PMLA investigation based on an FIR registered by the Bengaluru Police, the ACB Raipur, and a chargesheet filed by the Income Tax Department concerning the illegal collection of a coal levy in Chhattisgarh.

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