The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summons to 16 companies involved in iron ore exports and the former director of Goa Mines and Geology, Arvind Lolienkar, with regard to the probe into the mining scam.
Mr. Lolienkar and the company directors have been given 15 days to appear before the Investigating Officer of the ED. The probe based on summons will begin in November.
Further summons against more mining companies and exporters will be issued in due course of time, a spokesperson of the ED told The Hindu here on Friday.
The companies include Jain Udyog Pvt Ltd., Goa Ispat Mangal Iron Ore Private Limited, Mandovi Pellets Pvt. Ltd, Chowgule And Co. Pvt. Ltd, Kamdhenu Ispat Pvt. Ltd, Magnum Mineral Pvt Ltd, Agri Gold Exims Ltd, MMTC Ltd, K.B Steel Pvt. Ltd., Omega Natural Resources Pvt. Ltd, Sunrise Electromelt Pvt. Ltd , Frost International Limited, Bharat Mines & Minerals Pvt. Ltd, Canara Overseas Ltd and Bagadiya Brothers.
The ED had registered a money laundering case in June this year in the Rs 35,000-crore Goa illegal mining scam which was investigated by the M B Shah Commission for alleged large scale irregularities. The complaint was registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of the reports of the Commission and inquiry boards constituted in this regard and also an FIR of the Goa police Crime Branch filed last year in August.
The Enforcement Case Information Report filed by the agency named some 80 companies involved in mining and exports of ore in Goa.
