New Delhi, Dec 29 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Raipur zonal office is conducting a search and seizure action at nine premises in Raipur and Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh), in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in payment of compensation for acquisition of land for the Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor under Bharatmala Project.
A senior ED official said that the search operations were going on at the premises belonging to Harmit Singh Khanuja and his associates, concerned government officials, and landowners.
Further details are awaited.
The Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor is a six-lane 465 kilometer, greenfield expressway. It will reduce the travel time between Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh from 12 hours to 5 hours. The project is expected to be completed by 2026.
