BHUBANESWAR : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches at places linked to Deepak Gupta in connection with its money laundering case about the Uliburu mining scam in Keonjhar district.
Sources said searches were conducted in Barbil, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Kolkata. The case pertains to Uliburu mines area located in Joda mining circle where large-scale alleged irregularities were detected by the state Mines department. Vigilance had registered a case and arrested Gupta in 2013.
He was the power of attorney holder of Uliburu mines and accused of having raised ore from the reserve forest area adjacent to the mines by shifting the lease boundary.
He had reportedly gained more than Rs 800 crore through the illegal mining activity.