ED mounts fresh search operations, covers five premises in Kharora, Raipur, Durg distts.

The swoop mounted under Section

17 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, enveloped two premises each in Durg and Kharora respectively, whereas another one in Raipur. The concurrent search-ops com- menced at around 6 am on

Thursday morning.

“Three out of five premises brought

under the ambit of the searches alone belonged to Pramod Agrawal, former General Secretary of Chhattisgarh State Rice Millers Association (CSRMS), wherein two are situated in Kharora and one in Raipur. Apropos, two premises of a Durg dis-

trict-based businessman were also being searched owing to his links with former Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Marketing Federation Limited (MARKFED). Soni was earlier arrested by ED on April 30th in connection with his involve- ment in the scam,” knowledgeable sources privy to the ongoing investi- gation told ‘_The Hitavada.’_