Bhubaneswar: Champua MLA Sanatan Mahakud has been grilled by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for about seven hours in connection with the illegal mining scam.
Mahakud was questioned over his business transactions with the mine owners named in the Shah Commission report on illegal mining scam. The MLA said he was innocent. The agency sought information connected with his business and asked him to produce some related documents.
The independent MLA is associated with transport company Maa Kuanri.
Before becoming an MLA, he functioned as a union leader first and then entered the business of transporting iron ore.