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Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday , June 21 raided premises linked to a real estate businessman in connection with an ongoing investigation pertaining to a money laundering case in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi.
According to the preliminary reports, the sleuths of the agency raided premises linked to businessman Kamlesh Kumar in Kanke area of Ranchi that has led to recovery of cash accounting of Rs one crore. Further the officials of the agency have also recovered a pistol and around one hundred cartridges from the premises linked to Kumar during the raid conducted on Friday.
Recently the ED had also summoned Kumar to appear before its Ranchi based zonal office, however the latter reportedly not appeared before the agency following which the agency has now raided premises linked to him.
Notably the economic intelligence agency on June 12 had apprehended one more person in connection with the case linked to alleged grabbing of land in Ranchi’s Badgai region.
Shekhar Kushwaha alias Shekhar Mahto was arrested by ED following a brief interrogation after the former appeared before the agency’s zonal office at Ranchi on June 12.
Kushwaha was apprehended under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly conniving with former revenue department sub-inspector, Bhanu Pratap Prasad and others accused who have been currently lodging in jail, in preparing a fake deed and tampering government records to acquire a 4.83-acre land worth Rs22.61 crores in Jharkhand’s capital.
Notably ED had filed a supplementary chargesheet before the PMLA court against as many as 10 individuals in connection with its ongoing probe in the money laundering case linked to the alleged land scam on June 7.
The supllementry chargesheet filed by ED follows its first chargesheet in the case against former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren and four other before a special PMLA court on March 30. The agency had submitted that the accused were involved in acquiring, processing and concealing the proceeds of crime in the nature of an immovable property admeasuring 8.8 acres at Bariyatu, Ranchi.
Former Chief Minister, Hemant Soren was arrested by the agency in connection with the case on January 31. Soren is currently lodged at Birsa Munda Hotwar jail in judicial custody and has moved a regular bail petition before the Jharkhand High Court hearing on which the court has reserved its decision after listening to both the parties.
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