SHAKEEL AKHTER
Ranchi, February 2: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into money laundering in the JPSC-2 scam after registering an ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report). As part of the investigation, the ED has sought detailed information on the assets of 28 Jharkhand police and administrative officers accused by the CBI in the case.
The information sought by the ED includes details of both self-declared and ancestral properties of these officers.
CBI Filed Chargesheet Against 60 Accused
Following its investigation into the JPSC-2 examination scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already filed a chargesheet. All 28 accused officers are currently out on bail.
The CBI chargesheet named 60 accused, including:
- Six officials of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC)
- One official of Global Informatics
- 28 candidates who were illegally declared successful
- 25 examiners
The ED has named all these accused as respondents in its ECIR.
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Promotions Despite Scam Allegations
Several officers who were allegedly selected through unfair means and later appointed as state administrative officers have since been promoted to the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) rank. Two officers from the State Police Service have also been promoted and appointed to the Indian Police Service (IPS).
List of Officers Whose Asset Details Sought by ED
The ED has sought posting and asset details of the following 28 officers:
| Sl. No. | Name | Post at Time of Appointment |
| 1 | Radha Prem Kishore | DSP |
| 2 | Binod Ram | State Administrative Service |
| 3 | Harishankar Baraik | State Administrative Service |
| 4 | Harihar Singh Munda | District Commandant |
| 5 | Ravi Kumar Kujur | District Commandant |
| 6 | Mukesh Kumar Mahto | DSP |
| 7 | Kundan Kumar Singh | Finance Service |
| 8 | Mausami Nagesh | Finance Service |
| 9 | Kanu Ram Nag | State Administrative Service |
| 10 | Prakash Kumar | State Administrative Service |
| 11 | Sangeeta Kumari | Finance Service |
| 12 | Rajnish Kumar | State Administrative Service |
| 13 | Shivendra | DSP |
| 14 | Santosh Kumar Chaudhary | State Administrative Service |
| 15 | Rohit Sinha | State Administrative Service |
| 16 | Shailesh Kumar Srivastava | Finance Service |
| 17 | Amit Kumar | State Administrative Service |
| 18 | Rahul Ji Anand Ji | State Administrative Service |
| 19 | Indrajeet Singh | Finance Service |
| 20 | Shishir Kumar Singh | State Administrative Service |
| 21 | Rajeev Kumar Singh | State Administrative Service |
| 22 | Ram Krishna Kumar | State Administrative Service |
| 23 | Pramod Ram | State Administrative Service |
| 24 | Arvind Kumar Singh | DSP |
| 25 | Vikas Kumar Pandey | DSP |
| 26 | Manoj Kumar | State Administrative Service |
| 27 | Sudama Kumar | Finance Service |
| 28 | Kumud Kumar | Cooperative Officer |
ED Writes to State Government
The ED has written to the Jharkhand government seeking details of current postings and asset declarations of all the accused officers.
As per service rules, government officers are required to declare their personal and ancestral assets at the time of joining service. State service officers must submit asset declarations annually to the state government, while All India Service officers submit them to the Union government.
The system of self-declaration of assets is meant to monitor corruption within the administrative framework. The ED has now sought complete records of asset declarations submitted by all officers accused in the JPSC scam.