THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, May 18: The court of Special Judge Prabhat Kumar Sharma today allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam’s Private Secretary Sanjeev Lal and his assistant Jehangir Alam for three days more.
The court passed the order after the ED filed a petition seeking an extension of the remand period for an additional three days for both of them.
Earlier. they were sent to remand of the ED for six days from May 8, and the remand period was further extended till May 18.
Sanjeev Lal, Jehangir evasive in reply
The ED counsel stated that they were evasive in reply and deliberately with-holding the information regarding the seized documents and other relevant materials and the funds laundered by them and others.
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He submitted that new facts emerging out of the statement of Alamgir Alam along with various digital devices seized/impounded need to be analysed and corroborated with the accused persons.
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Cash seized from Jahangir’s flat pertains to Alamgir Alam: ED
He stated that the interrogation of these two persons is essential to corroborate with the evidence collected in the matter and to ascertain the trail of proceeds of crime involved and the beneficiaries of the proceed of crime involved in the present case and also to ascertain the role of other alleged/suspected persons involved in the laundering of proceed of crime related to the instant case as it is ascertained that the cash seized from the flat of Jahangir Alam pertains to Alamgir Alam and the same was collected by Jahangir Alam at the instruction of Sanjeev Kumar Lal.
The counsel said Lal was doing so on behalf of Alamgir Alam and that several official documents on the official
letterheads and official letters were found with huge cash from the premises of Jahangir Alam which were kept under the instruction of Sanjeev Kumar Lal.
He further submitted that the proceeds of crime are collected and distributed in an organized manner and share of the persons involved in the process is fixed for the kind of work they are involved.
He further submitted that several officials from top to bottom of the Rural Development Department are involved in this nexus and the huge payments were usually received in cash which were later laundered and
concealed which needs to be unearthed.
The ED also submitted that there is a possibility that the accused persons may disclose the entire trail of the crime proceeds of the present case and may disclose/identify their associates and beneficiaries of the said ill-gotten money in their interrogation.
Notably, the ED has alleged that Sanjeev and Jehangir have illegally amassed huge money and documents related to assets/investments have been recovered and they are unable to place their legal source before the
agency during interrogation.
