Coal, liquor scams: Chattisgarh ACB names 2 ex-ministers in FIRs
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The Chhattisgarh anti-corruption bureau has filed two FIRs as part of its probe into the alleged coal levy and liquor scams, naming more than 100 people, including two former Congress ministers, six ex-MLAs, a state party office bearer, two suspended bureaucrats and a former chief secretary. The FIRs follow a complaint lodged by ED deputy director Sandeep Ahuja on Jan 17 in connection with the "illegal coal levy", which named 35 accused, including Soumya Chourasia, a former deputy secretary in the then CM's secretariat, IAS officers Ranu Sahu and Sameer Vishnoi and businessman Suryakant Tiwari.
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