ED raids Jharkhand minister’s secretary, seizes Rs 20 crore from his house help

Mangalore Today News Network

Ranchi, May 06, 2024: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday began raids at multiple locations in Ranchi, including the household of Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam. A huge amount of cash, estimated to be Rs 20 to 30 crore, was recovered from the house help of Sanjiv Lal.

 

Alamgir Alam is Jharkhand’s Rural Development Minister. The cash haul is expected to be more as cash machines are being deployed to continue counting.

The raids are in connection with an ongoing investigation into a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes in the Jharkhand Rural Development Department.

Virendra K Ram, the chief engineer of the department, was arrested in the matter in February last year. He was arrested after the Enforcement Directorate launched multiple searches in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and other places in Jharkhand, along with Bihar and Delhi.

In 2019, a huge amount of cash was recovered from one of Virendra K Ram’s subordinates. Later, the Enforcement Directorate took over the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) Act.