Jharkhand tender scam: ED raids 18 locations linked to CM’s MLA representative
Live MintThe Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand that were linked to Pankaj Mishra, known to be a close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and also an MLA representative for Sahibganj constituency, news agency ANI report said. The Enforcement Directorate raids were carried out in connection with a tender scam at 18 locations, including Sahibganj, Berhait and Rajmahal in connection with the scam. As per another report, the money laundering case stems from a state police FIR, as the ED is also looking at purported links between alleged illegal coal mining operatives and those involved in operations of toll plaza tenders in Jharkhand, state officials said. The federal agency submitted the around 5,000-page prosecution complaint along with annexures and a list of witnesses and evidence collected before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Ranchi and has named Singhal, Suman Kumar, a chartered accountant allegedly linked to her, and few others.