‘ ₹500cr in 16 months’: ED says govt officials helped Chhattisgarh businessman collect illegal coal levy

RAIPUR The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that Chhattisgarh-based businessman Suryakant Tiwari with the help of government officials collected an illegal coal levy of “ ₹500 crore in 16 months” and part of the ill-gotten proceeds was used for “election funding and bribing officers”