By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: ED has seized cash amounting to Rs 11.88 Crore generated from illegal mining in Jharkhand lying in various bank accounts. With the present seizure, total cash and bank balance of Rs 36.58 Crore illegally generated from mining etc in Jharkhand has been seized.
These Bank Accounts belongs to Pankaj Mishra, the political representative of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
“Cash amounting to Rs 11.88 crore lying in 37 bank accounts belonging to Pankaj Mishra, Dahoo Yadav and their associates has been seized under the Prevention of Money laundering Act in the illegal mining case,” the agency said in a statement. Five stone crushers that were being illegally operated and an equal number of “illegal firearm cartridges” have also been seized, it said.
