15 thousand salary, 10 thousand bribe, 30 crores found in the house… Jharkhand cash scandal and minister’s connection
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Ranchi has recovered a huge amount of cash after raiding the house of the private secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam. According to initial information, ED has recovered around Rs 20-30 crore in cash from the servant’s house. Alamgir Alam’s name came up during the investigation of a money laundering case.
ED had received information that corruption was going on in Alamgir Alam’s ministry and this money was going to the houses of servants. After that a raid was conducted at the servant of the minister’s personal secretary. When ED officials reached there, they had no idea that so much cash would be recovered from the house of a person who gets Rs 15,000 as salary. However, now the officials have called the note counting machine and employees.
It was a case of bribe of Rs 10 thousand
In May last year, ED had raided the house of the Chief Engineer in connection with a bribe of Rs 10,000. During this time his statement was recorded. He told that the bribe money is delivered to the minister. After that, the name of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam came up for the first time. It was during this investigation that the name of Alamgir’s personal secretary Sanjeev Lal came to light and now this cash has been recovered from the servant working in Sanjeev Lal’s house.
Nishikant Dubey targeted Congress
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has targeted the Congress party regarding this matter. Attacking Congress candidate from Godda, Pradeep Yadav, he said, “More than Rs 30 crore and counting continues… Sanjeev Lal, personal secretary of Congress Legislature Party leader and corruption minister of Jharkhand government, Shiromani Hemant government, Alamgir Alam, has been arrested in ED action today. Major action against. ED found more than Rs 30 crore cash at Sanjeev Lal’s residence. Story of Pradeep Yadav’s party…
Who is Alamgir Alam?
Alamgir Alam has been a four-time Congress MLA from Pakur Assembly and is currently the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development in the Jharkhand Government. Before this, Alamgir Alam was also the Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly from 20 October 2006 to 12 December 2009. Alamgir started his political innings by winning the Sarpanch election. He became MLA for the first time in the year 2000 and since then he has become MLA 4 times.
Rs 350 crore cash was recovered from Congress MP
Let us tell you that in December last year also a huge amount of cash was recovered in Jharkhand. The Income Tax Department had recovered more than Rs 350 crore in cash from the premises of Congress Rajya Sabha MP and businessman Dheeraj Sahu. Responding to this, he said that the cash recovered in the raid belongs to my liquor companies. Liquor business is done in cash only and it has nothing to do with the Congress Party.
