Ranchi, 07 May (Hindus). After arresting Rural Development Minister’s PS Sanjeev Lal and Jahangir Alam, ED on Tuesday sought 10 days’ remand from the court but the court gave six days’ remand to both of them. ED officials will interrogate both of them for six days from Wednesday. Many secrets will be revealed during this period.
ED has said in the remand petition given in the court that in the investigation so far, information has come to light that all the money recovered on Monday is from the tender scam. The role of many senior officials in this case of money laundering related to the tender scam is also under question. ED claims that officers from top to bottom are involved in this entire episode and they have full protection from politicians also. Many officials from top to bottom of the Rural Development Department are involved in this nexus.
ED has said in the remand petition given in the court that the commission money was usually taken in cash, which had to be whitened by going through various processes. According to the information received by ED so far, Minister Alamgir Alam’s OSD (Officer on Special Duty) Sanjeev Lal used to take commission for influential persons and along with managing tenders, also played an important role in the commission transactions from the engineers of the department. .
ED has said that the suspended Chief Engineer, who is in jail on charges of money laundering, has also admitted that in the year 2022, Sanjeev Lal has taken crores of rupees as commission. ED has taken Sanjeev Lal and Jahangir on remand so that the role of other senior government officials and other people who are involved in this game of earning crores of rupees through commission can be ascertained. During Monday’s raid, ED also seized two vehicles along with Rs 35.23 crore, which were registered in the name of Jahangir but were used by Sanjeev Lal.
