India, April 15 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs.159.51 crore in connection with its probe related to alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal in West Bengal, the agency said on Wednesday. Political consultancy firm I-PAC is also under investigation in this case.

"ED, headquarters office, has provisionally attached assets worth Rs.159.51 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with an ongoing investigation into large-scale illegal coal mining and pilferage in the leasehold areas of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)," ED said in a statement.

The investigation, ED said, has revealed that the illegal mining operations were carried out by a syndicate led by A...