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Illegal Land Grabbing Case: ED Raids Nearly A Dozen Places In Bengal, Jharkhand

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Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at nearly one dozen locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand in a money laundering case against those illegally occupying Indian Army lands, sources said.

New Delhi:  Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at nearly one dozen locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand in a money laundering case against those illegally occupying Indian Army lands, sources said.

As per sources, the raids are going on at nearly four places in West Bengal and eight in Jharkhand. The places searched included residential and office premises of a Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal and several others, sources said. As per sources, Agrawal was earlier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, and the raids were planned after his revelation in the case.

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It is learnt that several acres of Army land in Jharkhand were illegally occupied in connivance with โ€˜land mafiasโ€™ and politicians.

The Enforcement Directorate last month arrested Amit Agrawal in connection with a money laundering case. ED officials arrested Amit Agrawal in the connection with a seizure of Rs 50 lakh from an advocate Rajiv Kumar in Kolkata on July 31.

Agrawal, who is lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Jharkhand, is accused of allegedly giving the money to Kumar for getting his name removed from a public interest litigation filed in Jharkhand high court. The ED has also filed a prosecution complaint against Agrawal in the PMLA court.

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Mizoram: Assam Rifles Seize Foreign-Origin Cigarettes Worth Over Rs. Five Cr

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Troops of Assam Rifles seized a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 5 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district, officials said. The recovery was made on Thursday.

Champhai: Troops of Assam Rifles seized a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 5 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district, officials said. The recovery was made on Thursday.

โ€œIn yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 420 cases of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 5.46 crore in the Ruantlang area near Tiau river of Champhai district,โ€ read an official statement.

Based on a tip-off, the operation was carried out by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Custom Preventive Force, Champhai.

A senior official of Assam Rifles said that the troops of Assam Rifles recovered the items which were dumped in the Ruantlang area near the Tiau river.

The approximate cost of the recovered foreign-origin cigarettes is Rs 5,46,00,000. The seized items were handed over to the Customs department, Champhai for further legal proceedings.

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Further investigations are underway. Earlier on Wednesday, the troops of Assam Rifles recovered a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district.

Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), on Wednesday, recovered 190 cases of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore from the New Zotlang area of Champhai district.

โ€œThe Assam Rifles team recovered the items which were dumped in the Zotlang area. The approximate cost of the recovered foreign-origin cigarette is Rs 2,47,00,000. The seized items were handed over to the Customs department, Champhai for further legal proceedings,โ€ the official said.

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