ED recovers Rs 25 crore from Jharkhand minister’s PA

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recovered cash worth around more than Rs 25 crore from the residence of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam’s personal assistant Sanjeev Kumar.
The ED carried out raids at various locations including Sanjeev Kumar in Ranchi. The mountain of cash was recovered from the house of a person working at Sanjeev Kumar’s residence.
The 70-year-old Minister is a Congress leader representing the Pakur constituency in the Jharkhand Assembly.
The recent raids, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), have targeted over nine locations, including the residence of Engineer Vikas Kumar who was associated with Virendra Ram, the former chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, and his close associates.
The ED team had conducted raids in February 2023 and Virendra Ram was arrested.