The Telegraph reported that multiple establishments owned by Rungta Mines Limited were raided by income tax authorities in Jharkhand, Odisha, Bengal and Delhi.

Mr Ajit Kumar Shrivastava income tax department’s additional director told The Telegraph “The details of seizures are not available. The proprietors of the firm are not cooperating on some pretext or the other. We can only talk once the raids are wrapped up.”

Set up by late Mr Sitaram Rungta, the company operates from Rungta House in the Sadar Bazaar locality of Chaibasa. Rungta Mines Limited controls two big iron ore mines in Jharkhand’s mineral rich West Singhbhum district 301.520 acre of Meralgarha mines since 1974 and 349.09 acre of the undisputed Ghatkuri forest area since 1999.

(Sourced from telegraphindia.com)