IAS official Ranu Sahu was detained by the ED for 3 days after being nabbed in a coal levy case in Chhattisgarh

 IAS official Ranu Sahu was detained by the ED for 3 days after being nabbed in a coal levy case in Chhattisgarh

A director position in the state's agricultural department is presently held by Ranu Sahu, an IAS officer from the Chhattisgarh cadre class of 2010. He had previously held the position of collector for the coal-rich districts of Korba and Raigarh. After Shahu's suspected role in the coal levy money laundering case came to light, the ED detained him.

Raipur. IAS official Ranu Sahu was detained by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday in connection with a case involving money laundering. He was brought before the court and was given a three-day detention order by the judge. According to ED lawyer Saurabh Pandey, the organisation today detained Sahu and brought him before Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajay Singh Rajput. The IAS official was detained by the central agency for three days by the court.

According to Saurabh Pandey, "ED is looking into the money laundering case involving the coal levy." Sahu, the district collector for Korba and Raigarh, was detained when his role in the probe came to light. Amounting to Rs 5.5 crore, Shahu's property has been attached. He stated that the situation is still being investigated. He said that the court had granted three days of detention till July 25 in response to a request for 14 days of custody to question Shahu.

Parents' earned property was seized

In a previous interview with reporters, Ranu Sahu's attorney Faizal Rizvi stated, "Whenever Sahu has been called between October 22 and January 23, he has fully cooperated in the investigation." Sahu was detained on fictitious reasons. There is no evidence to support Shahu's involvement in this. His parents own the attached property, which was purchased before 2019. In contrast, the crime that ED has discussed occurs in 2020.