Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Initiating further action under money laundering laws in the coal-blocks allocation scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday seized Congress MP Vijay Darda's shares worth Rs 24.5 crore.
The shares were given in lieu of coal block allocation by M/s AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd to Darda.
Meanwhile, a Special Court last month directed the CBI to further investigate into the scam in coal block allocations, involving Darda and others, in which the agency had filed a closure report.
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar asked the CBI to file a progress report of its probe on December 19.
CBI filed the closure report in the case in which it had registered an FIR against JLD Yavatmal Energy, its directors Vijay Darda, his sons and other unknown persons.
The agency had lodged an FIR in the case against six individuals, the firm and unknown persons under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
In its closure report, the agency had said that nothing substantial emerged to establish cheating and criminal conspiracy among officials of the Ministry of Coal and JLD Yavatmal Energy.
With PTI Inputs
