ED arrested Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam - Rs 35 crore cash was recovered

Alamgir Alam News: ED has arrested Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and senior Congress leader Alamgir. The minister was being interrogated in the ED office in Ranchi since this morning. Not satisfied with the minister's reply, the ED arrested him after more than 10 hours of interrogation. The ED has already arrested the minister's private secretary Sanjeev Lal and his servant Jahangir Alam. Recently, crores of rupees in cash were recovered from Jahangir Alam's house. The minister was called for questioning in this matter.

There was a long interrogation on Tuesday also

Earlier, Jharkhand minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam had appeared before the ED on Tuesday for questioning in the money laundering case. ED officials had interrogated him for more than nine hours. State Rural Development Minister Alam was allowed to go home by the ED at night but today he was called again for questioning.

ED had recovered more than Rs 35 crore

Let us inform that last week, ED arrested Alamgir Alam's personal secretary and State Administrative Service officer Sanjeev Kumar Lal (52) and domestic help Jahangir Alam (42) after seizing more than Rs 35 crore in cash from a flat belonging to them. Was. Several counting machines were brought in to count the unaccounted cash. Apart from this, some jewelery was also recovered from the flat of Jahangir Alam. It is alleged that all this money was from commission in lieu of tender for road construction in rural areas.

What is the whole matter

The money laundering investigation pertains to alleged irregularities in the state rural development department. 70-year-old Congress leader Alamgir Alam is the Rural Development Minister in Jharkhand and represents Pakur seat in the state assembly. The raid was conducted in connection with the ongoing investigation in a money laundering case against former Chief Engineer of Jharkhand Rural Development Department, Virendra K Ram. Who were arrested last year. After this the scope of investigation increased.