Overview
- Kiran Khan and Chinmay (Chinmoy) Mondal were arrested after marathon questioning and sent to ED custody until February 18 by a special PMLA court in Kolkata.
- Investigators say the duo procured coal illegally through public-sector supply channels using dubious contacts and from abandoned mines, then sold it to small factories across the region.
- ED summoned Budbud police station officer Manoranjan Mondal following a raid that seized documents; he did not appear and was later transferred to the Special Branch in what police termed a routine reshuffle.
- Coordinated searches on February 3 across the Asansol–Jamuria belt recovered nearly Rs 1.5 crore in cash as the agency works to map the money trail, including alleged protection-money flows.
- Sources describe Chinmay Mondal as a close associate of accused mastermind Anup Maji alias Lala, and reports say Mondal is the maternal uncle of Khan with links also probed in sand mining and real estate.