Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General ARL Sundaresan appeared for the ED and opposed the State government’s plea.
He submitted that several FIRs have been registered in different districts in relation to illegal mining, which also involved scheduled offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
“Proceeds of crime have already been generated, concealed, transferred etc. we are bound to investigate into that. It is the wealth of the country that is being exploited,” Sundaresan argued, while justifying the ED’s actions.
Source: Barandbench
