ED seizes vessel worth Rs 30 crore owned by Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's aide
The vessel is linked to Pankaj Mishra, a political aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who was arrested by the ED recently in an illegal mining case and is in the agency"s custody till August 1.
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New Delhi, July 29: The Enforcement Directorate said it has seized a ₹ 30-crore vessel, operated at the behest of a man linked to an arrested aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. He has allegedly used to transport illegally mined stone chips and stone boulders from Jharkhand.
The vessel is linked to Pankaj Mishra, a political aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who was arrested by the ED recently in an illegal mining case and is in the agency's custody till August 1.
The estimated cost of vessel, named Infralink-III with registration no WB 1809, is around ₹ 30 crore. The ED also filed an FIR on Tuesday at the local police station against the owner of the vessel.
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The federal agency said in a statement that the vessel was being "operated illegally without having any permit from Sukargarh Ghat in Sahebganj (Jharkhand). "The vessel was being operated at the behest of Rajesh Yadav alias Dahu Yadav in collusion with Pankaj Mishra and others for transporting illegally mined stone chips/stone boulders."
The agency said it had earlier seized two "illegally" operated stone crushers of Maa Amba Stone Works operated by Bishnu Yadav and Pavitra Yadav along with three trucks that were found at Mauza Majhikola in Sahebganj carrying illegally quarried stone chips/boulders without having any mining challans.