31.9 C
Delhi
Saturday, June 28, 2025

D raids on sand mafia : Rs 12.82 cr freezed, Rs 2.33 cr unaccounted cash, 1024.6 gms gold seized

Date:

Share post:

Donate-GC-Razorpay

Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) which has launched a crackdown on sand mining mafia in Tamil Nadu by conduting raids at multiple locations on September 12, has frozen Rs 12.82 crore and seized Rs 2.33 crore unaccounted cash and 1,204.6 grams of gold worth more than Rs 50 lakhs.

The raids were held at 34 locations including eight sand mining yards in six districts of the State in connection with illegal sand mining case.

In an update, ED said “it carried out searches at 34 locations including eight sand mining yards on 12/09/2023 in 6 districts of Tamil Nadu, residential and business premises of various persons including sand mining contractors S.Ramachandran, K. Rathinam and Karikalan and their accomplices, Auditor P. Shanmugaraj, officials of Water Resources Deptt, Govt. of Tamil Nadu in illegal sand mining case.”

“During the search, various incriminating documents were found, Rs 12.82 Cr. was put under freeze & unaccounted cash for Rs 2.33 Crore, gold weighing 1024.6 grams worth Rs 56.86 Lakh were seized”, the ED said.

Evidences of bogus transactions and benami companies were found during the raids, it said, adding, the total amount of sand mined were also being ascertained and the number of lorries used to carry the illegally mined sand were also being analysed through the CCTV footages.

Related articles

Being Truly Acquainted with Dharma Is Real Self-Realisation: ‘Manifest Your Infinite Riches’ Author Pushkar Anand

With a glowing endorsement from Jack Canfield, the legendary co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series with 250 books and...

There Is No Victory Until the Remaining 50 Israeli Hostages Are Back Home

 On October 7, 2023, the world witnessed one of the most brutal and unprovoked terror attacks in recent...

AI is the New Bureaucrat India Needs

India’s governance structure is a complex, sprawling web—1.4 billion citizens, 28 states, 8 Union Territories, more than 700...

A Bullet Dodged: What If America Had Retaliated Against Iran?

IntroductionThe night was tense. Radars hummed in the Gulf, drones patrolled invisible borders, and the world waited, breath...