Days after the recovery of mounds of cash, amounting to more than ₹35 cr, Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam was arrested on May 15 by the enforcement directorate (ED). He has been sent on a six-day ED remand today by a PMLA court in Ranchi.

The Congress minister was arrested after two consecutive days of questioning by the ED sleuths in Ranchi - for nine hours on May 14 and for six hours on May 15 - in connection with the recovery of mountain of cash from the domestic help of his personal assistant.

After the cash seizure on May 6, the ED raids were also conducted at the residence of Alamgir Alam’s personal assistant Sanjeev Lal and his other associates.

During the raids, the ED also seized damning documents related to transfer-posting of bureaucrats.

Both Sanjeev Lal, PS to Alamgir Alam and his domestic help Jehangir Alam were arrested by the ED after recovery of whopping ₹35.23 cr in cash from their premises in Ranchi.

The duo were subsequently booked under the provisions of Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA) and arrested.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)