Jharkhand News: ED summons 30 in Rs 1250 crore illegal mining scam in Sahibganj
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK Advertisement Ranchi, January 14: The ED has summoned 30 people, including Kanhaiya Khudania, in the illegal mining…
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, January 14: The ED has summoned 30 people, including Kanhaiya Khudania, in the illegal mining case worth Rs 1250 crore in Sahibganj district.
In this case, the ED will start interrogating them starting January 17.
Notably, during raids on January 3, the ED had found 30 different benami bank accounts along with Rs 36.99 lakh in cash.
Summons have been issued to the people named during investigating these benami accounts. Now, the ED team will interrogate all these 30 account holders in this matter.
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In the investigation conducted by ED, information about the benami bank account has been found. Transactions worth crores of rupees have been done from these rented accounts.
ED raids
Notably, the ED had taken significant action on January 3 in the case of illegal mining worth Rs 1250 crore in Sahibganj and influencing ED witness Bijay Hansda.
The agency simultaneously raided the premises of the chief minister’s press advisor Abhishek Prasad alias Pintu, Sahibganj DC Ram Niwas Yadav, DSP Rajendra Dubey, Sahibganj’s mining businessmen Khudania brothers, Vinod Kumar Singh, Roshan Singh, Kolkata businessman Abhay Saraogi, and former MLA Pappu Yadav.
The premises of Jamadar Awadhesh Kumar of Birsa Munda Jail, Ranchi, were also raided.
