AMN /
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting simultaneous raids at various places in Odisha today in connection with the money laundering probe in illegal mining of iron-ore. The search operations are going on at 10 locations in the state, including Keonjhar, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
The ED took cognisance of Justice MB Shah committee report and criminal complaints filed by Odisha vigilance department in these cases of illegal iron-ore mining before registering its own FIR. ED has registered a total of three FIRs to probe money laundering instances in illegal iron-ore mining scam in different eastern Indian states.