Breaking News: ED raids JMM leader, Sahay among 4 in Ranchi land scam
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK Ranchi, April 16: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is raiding different locations linked to JMM leader Antu Tirkey…
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, April 16: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is raiding different locations linked to JMM leader Antu Tirkey in the multi-crore land scam in Ranchi. Tirkey’s residence is located in Bariatu.
The other persons whose premises are also being raided include Congress leader and land broker Priya Ranjan Sahay.
According to sources, Sahay, who lives in Kokar, procures forged documents from the Kolkata Registry office and sells land to several bigwigs. Recently, he was involved in a transaction to sell a large chunk of land in Chandwe, on the outskirts of Ranchi, to a Kolkata-based businessman.
These raids are being conducted on the information extracted from Saddam, the mastermind of making fake deeds, in the land scam case related to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Saddam is in the custody of the ED.
The ED has so far arrested Amit Agarwal, Dilip Ghosh, former Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi Chhavi Ranjan, Revenue Sub Inspector of Bargain Bhanu Pratap Prasad, Pradeep Bagchi, land brokers Afsar Ali, Imtiaz Khan, Talha Khan in the land scam.
(To be updated)
