Over Rs 20 Cr Cash Seized from House Help of Jharkhand Minister’s Aide

Ranchi: The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized over Rs 20 crore cash from the house help of Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary of Jharkhand minister Alam Gir Alan on Monday. He is Jharkhand’s Rural Development Minister.

The ED officials raided multiple locations in Ranchi on Monday in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes in the Jharkhand Rural Development Department.

The chief engineer of the department, Virendra K Ram, was arrested in the case in February 2023.

Video footage of the raid shows a mountain of currency notes scattered across a room purportedly belonging to the domestic aide of Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development minister Alamgir Alam.