The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an accused in a money laundering case linked to illegal coal mining in West Bengal, Gurupada Maji.
Majhi was arrested on Thursday and produced before Rouse Avenue court here that granted his seven-day custody.
Gurupada Majhi is one of the partners of Anup Majee alias Lala (kingpin of illegal coal mining business activities in West Bengal) and has received more than Rs. 66 crore from the Proceed of Crime (PoC) generated through illegal coal mining business.
Further, Gurupada Majhi had provided Rs 26 crore in cash to a Kolkata based chartered accountant for arranging shell companies for the purpose of taking accommodation entries.
In this process, Gurupada Maji had acquired 13 shell companies with the help of the said Kolkata-based CA.