₹20 crore and counting… ED raids househelp of Jharkhand’s minister secretary

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday, May 6, bought a note counting machine at the residence of household help of Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development minister Alamgir Alam in Ranchi. More than Rs 20 crore has been recovered and the counting is still in process.

#WATCH | Jharkhand: Counting of notes still underway at the residence of household help of Sanjiv Lal – PS to Jharkhand Rural Development minister Alamgir Alam in Ranchi where a large amount of cash has been recovered so far. More than Rs 20 crores has been counted so far.

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Videos and photos shared by the sources showed officials of the central probe agency taking out wads of currency notes from large bags in a room located in a building at Gadikhana Chowk. Some central force security personnel were also seen.

Alam told PTI, “I have no official information regarding this so far. I have been watching TV and it says the premises are linked to the official PS (private secretary) provided to me by the government,” he added.

The cash is largely in the denomination of Rs 500 and some jewellery has also been recovered, sources told PTI. Alam (70), is a Congress leader and he represents the Pakur seat in the Jharkhand assembly.

The ED is conducting raids at multiple locations in Ranchi in connection with a Veerendra Ram case.

The ED had arrested Virendra K. Ram, the chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, in February 2023 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes.

“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 in April 2023 after it attached assets worth ₹39 crore of the officer.

“The proceeds of crime thus generated were used by Veerendra Kumar Ram and his family members to live a very lavish lifestyle,” it said.

The money laundering case against Ram stems from a complaint of the Jharkhand anti-corruption bureau (ACB).

With inputs from PTI

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KV Prasad Journo follow politics, process in Parliament and US Congress. Former Congressional APSA-Fulbright Fellow