NEW DELHI: In a sweeping crackdown on the coal mafia network, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out simultaneous raids at over 40 locations across Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Both the Ranchi zone and the Kolkata zone offices of the ED launched these raids separately since early Friday based on specific inputs against these call mafias. The locations being raided include residences, offices and other places linked to the suspects.

These searches are underway in close coordination with the state police forces of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

“It is a coordinated action at more than 40 premises against coal mafias in Jharkhand and West Bengal,” the officials told ANI, requesting anonymity.

ED’s Ranchi zonal office is conducting search operations “across 18 locations in Jharkh

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