The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on March 13 carried out searches at premises linked to Jharkhand Congress MLA Amba Prasad in Hazaribagh in cases related to alleged land and transfer-posting scams.
Following a raid conducted by the Directorate of Enforcement at her properties in Jharkhand on March 12, Congress MLA Amba Prasad asserted that the BJP approached her with an offer to contest from Hazaribag in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which she denied.
“They (ED) came early in the morning, and from there, it was just a whole day of torture. They made me stand in a place for hours. I was offered the Hazaribag Lok Sabha ticket from the BJP, which I ignored. Then I was pressurized,” Amba Prasad said while speaking to ANI on March 12.
“So many people coming from the RSS side also pressurized me to contest from Chatra. I ignored that also. They see me as a very strong candidate in Hazaribag because we are continuously winning Barkagaon seats. We are from Congress, not from BJP. So easy target,” she said.
According to sources, a complaint of money laundering was filed in 2023 against the Congress MLA at the Ranchi zonal office of the central enforcement agency.
On the complaint, the Deputy Director-level officer of ED had sought information about all the FIRs registered against Amba Prasad from Jharkhand Police.
In its letter, ED also asked the State police whether any case of predicative offence had been registered against Amba Prasad. After the ED’s correspondence, the police sent the list of cases registered against Barkagaon MLA Amba Prasad to the ED’s zonal office.
The 36-year-old legislator represents the Barkagaon Assembly seat in the Hazaribag district. In a post on X, the MLA on March 13 posted a picture of herself waving the victory sign with the quote “Satyamev Jayate” (Truth always wins).
(with inputs from ANI)
