Enforcement Directorate personnel conducted raids at 44 locations in Bengal and Jharkhand on Friday and Saturday and recovered unaccounted cash totalling Rs 14 crores and substantial quantities of gold jewellery, along with 120 property deeds from offices and premises of persons connected with the coal smuggling racket, an official statement released last night said.

The coordinated raids were conducted in 20 premises in Jharkhand, including the establishments and entities of Lal Bahadur Singh, Anil Goyal, Sanjay Khemka, and Amar Mondal of Dhanbad and Dumka. Dhanbad’s Singh had allegedly let loose his 12 pet dogs to prevent the access of the ED sleuths, the officials said.

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