Coal smuggling case: ED questions West Bengal IPS officer Gyanwant Singh

West Bengal IPS officer Gyanwant Singh is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in the coal smuggling case, sources told India Today TV.

Gyanwant Singh is currently posted as additional director general (ADG) in West Bengal Police’s Crime Investigation Department (CID).

Sources have told India Today that Gyanwant Singh is being questioned by the investigators under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

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Gyanwant Singh, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was heading West Bengal’s law and order till March 2021.

Sources say, as Gyanwant Singh was in-charge of the law and order in the state, the investigators would like to know if he was aware of the coal smuggling taking place in Birbhum, West Burdwan, Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal. And if he was aware, what action was taken against them.

ED suspects the smuggling racket, with the help of police officials and certain politicians, generated over Rs 1,300 crore from 2019 to 2021.

The ED also claims certain police officials of the state, especially of Bankura Police Station, were involved in transporting cash in official police vehicles.

Ashok Mishra, a police officer from Bankura Police Station, was earlier arrested by the ED.

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