The total seizure of cash by the ED in the case has been recorded at around Rs 36.75 crore as the agency seized about Rs 3 crore from another location that included Rs 10.05 lakh from Lal s place. Rs 1.50 crore was also seized from a contractor s premises on Tuesday.
The ED s arrest of Sanjiv Lal, Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam s secretary, and his aide after discovering nearly Rs 35 crore in cash shed light on corruption. This follows last year s arrest of Virendra Ram, exposing a web of bribery within the Rural Development Department. Raids uncovered extensive evidence implicating officials, including Lal, in graft, highlighting systemic malpractice in Jharkhand.
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids at multiple locations in Ranchi and recovered Rs 25 crore unaccounted cash from the house of a domestic help allegedly linked to secretary of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam.
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