ED Claims I-PAC Received ₹20 Crore Hawala Funds from Coal Smuggling for Goa Polls

• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleges I-PAC received ₹20 crore via hawala from Kolkata to its Goa office.
• Funds were reportedly routed through six transactions to conceal their source, used for Goa Assembly elections 2021–22 political campaigns.
• ED claims the money originated from alleged coal smuggling in West Bengal, linked to Anup Majhi alias Lala's syndicate.
• The money trail involved an NBFC director, 'Munna', a hawala network, and a Kolkata hawala firm manager who arranged cash delivery in Goa.
• The Calcutta High Court rejected ED's request to transfer its petition for a CBI probe against West Bengal CM and police officials.

Why It Matters: ED alleges I-PAC received ₹20 crore in hawala funds from coal smuggling for Goa election campaigns.