New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate raids are on in West Bengal related to alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal. Raids are underway at around 10 premises across West Bengal and Delhi.
Among those covered in the searches is Bengal Police Officer-in-Charge Manoranjan Mondal. Others under the scanner include Kiran Khan, Sekh Akhtar, Prabir Datta and Mirza Hesamuddin Baig. According to official sources, ED teams accompanied by central armed forces began simultaneous searches early Tuesday morning, around 6.30 am, at multiple locations including Kolkata, Asansol, Durgapur, Panagarh, Pandabeswar and parts of Paschim Bardhaman district, besides select premises in Delhi.
One of the key locations searched was the Asansol ...