Ranchi. Senior Congress leader and Rural Development Minister of Jharkhand Government Alamgir Alam has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, ED. This is the second big arrest after former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. On Wednesday, ED interrogated Alamgir Alam for about seven hours and then arrested him. It is worth noting that a few days ago, ED raided the house of the minister’s personal secretary and the personal secretary’s servant. In this action, 35 crore rupees in cash was found from the house of the minister’s PA’s servant. This action was taken on the charge of taking commission in the ministry’s tender.
However, after the arrest, Alamgir Alam will be kept in the lockup in the ED office on Wednesday night. His medical examination will be done. After this, he will be presented in the PMLA court on Thursday at 10 o’clock. During this, the ED will demand remand from the court. Earlier, ED officials had questioned him for nine hours on Tuesday and had called him for questioning on the second day i.e. Wednesday.
It is being told that Alamgir Alam’s PA Sanjeev Lal has given a lot of information during interrogation. Sanjeev Lal is currently in ED custody. On Tuesday, along with Minister Alamgir Alam, his PA Sanjeev Lal was also questioned. Sanjeev Lal is being questioned for the last seven days. It is being told that during the interrogation, Sanjeev has accepted that all the money recovered from him and his assistant’s place is from tender commission. It is also being said that Sanjeev has told about all those people who have received money as tender commission.