NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 15 locations of the companies located in Jharkhand and West Bengal, associated with purchase and transport of coal in Amrapali and Magadh Coalfields in a case related to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) terror funding.
The searches were conducted at Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Jamshedpur of Jharkhand along with Durgapur in West Bengal.
According to an official release of the investigating agency, at least fifteen teams of NIA, assisted by Jharkhand Police, carried out searches at the residences and offices of managers of different companies associated with purchase and transport of coal in Amrapali and Magadh coalfields for their alleged role in providing funds to LWE organization TPC (Tritiya Prastuti Committee).
Several documents related to payments made to Amrapali and Magadh Area Committee, bank account details and fixed deposits, deduction of levy amount, computers, hard discs, mobiles containing accounts of companies, diaries containing entries of money paid to Naxal outfits TPC (Triitya Prastuti Committee) and PLFI (Peoples Liberation Front of India), Rs. 68 lakh cash along with 10,000 Singapore Dollars and 1300 US Dollars have been seized during the search.
Demonetized currency of Rs. 86,000 were also seized, stated the official's release.