The Jharkhand Rural Development Department s head engineer, Virendra K. Ram, was detained by the ED in February 2023 on suspicion of money laundering related to anomalies in the execution of some projects.
A huge amount of cash, estimated to be Rs 20 to 30 crore, was recovered from the house help of Sanjiv Lal, Personal Secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development minister Alamgir Alam. The cash haul is expected to be more as cash machines are being deployed to continue counting.