Both Sanjiv Lal, PS to Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam, and his domestic help, Jahangir Alam, were arrested by the ED after the raids. Reportedly, the duo was questioned by the ED overnight and later taken into custody on Tuesday
Following their arrest under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the duo was produced in a special PMLA court and has been sent to ED remand for six days, officials said
The ED has been conducting raids at multiple locations in Ranchi in connection with its ongoing probe into a case against Virendra K Ram, a chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department. He was nabbed by the ED in 2023
Continuing with searches on Tuesday, the ED carried out raids at five locations in Ranchi and seized around Rs 1.5 crore from a contractor identified as Rajiv Kumar Singh. Reportedly, over Rs 10 crore was routed through him, officials said
Sanjiv Lal collected commission on tenders on behalf of "some influential people", the ED told a court on Tuesday
The ED also claimed that officials of the rural development department, from "top to bottom", were involved in an alleged illegal cash payment nexus
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