The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim bail to former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, his son Devender Darda and businessman Manoj Jayaswal in a case relating to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh.
According to the ED statement, the attached properties include eight benami immovable properties worth Rs 7.57 crore which are beneficially owned by Saumya Chaurasia, Deputy Secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhepesh Baghel.
ED had earlier issued a Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) attaching proceeds of crime worth Rs 152.5 crore and filed a Prosecution Complaint under PMLA. Recently, searches were conducted in Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Pune on specific inputs.