12 hours, ₹30 crore and still counting...: What we know about Jharkhand cash haul so far
₹500-note bundles, amounting to over ₹30 crore, were found at the Ranchi residence of Jahangir, the house help of Sanjiv Lal, on Monday. Lal is a personal secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids continue at six places linked to Jharkhand minister and his aides in Ranchi as of 7:30 pm on Monday, ANI reported.
The ED also carried out searches at other locations in Ranchi. One such location is the residence of Vikas Kumar, an engineer in the Road Construction Department. " ₹30 crore has been seized so far.
The raid is still underway. The ED has covered 6 premises linked to Jharkhand Minister and his aides," ED officials told ANI on Monday. The raids were conducted in connection with a case against the former chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, Veerendra Kumar Ram.
The ED arrested Virendra K Ram in February 2023 in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes, news agency ANI reported. The case against Ram stems from a complaint of the Jharkhand anti-corruption bureau (ACB). ALSO READ: ED raids close associates of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in money laundering case: Report "Veerendra Kumar Ram, posted as chief engineer in the Rural Works Department in Ranchi, had generated proceeds of crime in the name of commission from contractors in lieu of allotment of tenders to them," the agency had alleged in a statement issued last year in April after it attached assets worth ₹39 crore of the officer.
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