The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into Chhattisgarh's coal levy scam, provisionally attaching eight immovable properties worth approximately 2.66 crore. These assets, including land and flats, are linked to prime accused Saumya Chaurasia and Nikhil Chandrakar and were allegedly acquired using proceeds from an illegal levy of 25 per tonne on coal transporters. The ED estimates the syndicate generated around 540 crore between July 2020 and June 2022, using funds for bribes, election expenses, and asset acquisition. The total value of attached assets in the case now exceeds 273 crore, with 11 arrests made.