Breaking News Live: ED raids 24 locations in West Bengal in coal mining case

The Enforcement Directorate is searching 24 locations in the illegal coal mining, illegal transportation and storage of coal case in West Bengal.

The premises include Narendra Kharka, Yudhistar Ghosh, Krishna Murari Kayal, Chinmayi Mondal, Rajkoshore Yadav and others in Durgapur, Purulia, Howrah and Kolkata districts.

More than 100 ED officials and staff are carrying out the searches against coal mafia. The search operation began early Friday morning at around 6 am.

The premises covered include residential properties, offices, coke plants and illegal toll collection booth, check post and naka, say officials as per ANI.