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Enforcement Directorate News: During the raid, ED found a large amount of cash in the house of the domestic servant of the secretary of a Jharkhand minister. Up to now, Rs 20 crores have been received. Note counting is still going on.

ED Raid in Jharkhand: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is maintaining its momentum during the Lok Sabha elections. On Monday (May 6, 2024), the ED conducted raids at approximately six locations in Ranchi, Jharkhand, as part of its ongoing investigation into money laundering. These raids targeted the premises of suspended Chief Engineer Virendra Ram and his associates.

During the raid, ED recovered a considerable amount of cash from the house of the domestic servant of Sanjeev Lal, PS of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. ED officials said that by 9:30 am, more than Rs 20 crore had been counted. Counting of notes is still going on. During the raid, the ED team reached many places, including Cell City. Let us tell you that Chief Engineer Virendra Ram is suspended in the tender commission scam.

Huge amount of cash recovered from minister's PS servant

According to ANI, the Enforcement Directorate is raiding several locations in Ranchi. In the Virendra Ram case, a huge amount of cash was recovered from the servant of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's PS Sanjeev Lal. The ED booked Virendra K, Chief Engineer, Jharkhand Rural Development Department, in February 2023 in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes. Ram was arrested. 

He was arrested last year.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Virendra Ram on February 22, 2023, in connection with the commission scam in the tender. A day before this, on February 21, ED had simultaneously raided 24 locations of Virendra. During the raid, ED found jewellery worth about Rs 1.5 crore and documents related to investments worth crores in many cities of the country. Apart from Virendra, information was also given about people who were earning illegal money by managing tenders in the charge sheet. It was also told how much share each person got and what was whose role.

What was told in the ED interrogation?

In fact, Virendra Ram himself had confessed to the ED that he had given the wrong information in the ITR. Rs 9.30 crore in his account during the years 2014-15 and 2018-19 and Rs 4.50 crore between December 22 and January 2023, which is more than his lifetime earnings. ED has found in the investigation that after the year 2019, Virendra Ram and his cousin Alok Ranjan went to Delhi together several times. Also, every time he took a considerable amount with him, it was handed over to CA Mukesh Mittal. 

ED has already attached Virendra Ram's property, which is worth crores.

Suspended Chief Engineer Virendra Ram confessed to taking commissions ranging from .3 per cent to 1 per cent in exchange for issuing road construction and other tenders in rural areas of Jharkhand. Later, the ED also attached movable and immovable properties worth crores of rupees to Virendra Ram. ED suspects that last year, tenders worth Rs 10,000 crore were allotted for the construction of roads in rural areas of Jharkhand, in which a considerable commission was taken. ED suspects that despite the suspension, Virendra Ram was still associated with the tender racket.

Nishikant Dubey took a dig.

Nishikant Dubey, MP from Godda Lok Sabha seat of Jharkhand, has taken a dig at Congress regarding this action. He wrote on Twitter, "More than Rs 30 crore and counting... Today, in the ED action, significant action has been taken against Sanjeev Lal, leader of the Congress Legislature Party and personal secretary of the corruption minister of the Jharkhand government, Alamgir Alam, Minister of Shiromani Hemant Government... Sanjeev ED found more than Rs 30 crore cash at Lal's residence—the story of Pradeep Yadav's party. This development has far-reaching political implications, stirring the political landscape of Jharkhand.