ED begins money laundering probe in JPSC-2 scam, 60 named accused
Ranchi, January 15: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered an ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report) to investigate alleged money laundering linked to…
Ranchi, January 15: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered an ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report) to investigate alleged money laundering linked to irregularities in the second Civil Services Examination (JPSC-2) conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC).
All 60 persons earlier accused by the CBI have been named as accused in the ECIR. The ED has alleged that ineligible candidates were illegally declared successful by manipulating written examination and interview marks, and that the process involved proceeds of crime.
Who Has Been Named as Accused
According to ED sources, the accused include:
- Six JPSC officials
- 28 candidates who were wrongly declared successful and later became officers
- 25 examiners
- One manager of M/s Global Informatics
Former JPSC Chairman and Members Booked
Those named as accused include the then Chairman and members of the JPSC.
The former Chairman, Dilip Kumar Prasad, was initially appointed as a member of the commission, later made acting chairman, and subsequently appointed chairman. He served in the JPSC from January 29, 2002, to April 13, 2010.
Several Accused Are Serving Senior Officers
Among the accused former candidates are officers of the State Administrative Service, many of whom have since been promoted to the ADM rank.
Similarly, several candidates selected in the State Police Service (DSP) have been promoted to the Indian Police Service (IPS).
The ED will now investigate the money laundering angle against all officers named in the ECIR under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Case Timeline: From ACB to CBI to ED
After allegations of irregularities in JPSC-2 surfaced, the state government initially ordered a probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
Due to slow progress, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Jharkhand High Court, which subsequently ordered a CBI investigation.
The CBI registered a preliminary inquiry in 2012 and, due to legal hurdles, filed its charge sheet in 2024, nearly 12 years later. All persons accused by the CBI are currently out on bail.
With the ED now registering an ECIR, the case has formally entered the money laundering investigation stage.
List of Accused
JPSC Officials
- Dilip Kumar Prasad – Then Chairman
- Gopal Prasad – Then Member
- Shanti Devi – Then Member
- Radha Govind Nagesh – Then Member
- Alice Usha Rani Singh – Examination Controller
- Arvind Kumar Singh – Assistant Coordinator (Evaluation)
Global Informatics
- Dheeraj Kumar – Manager
Candidates Who Became Officers
- Radha Prem Kishore – DSP
- Binod Ram – State Administrative Service
- Harishankar Baraik – State Administrative Service
- Harihar Singh Munda – DSP
- Ravi Kumar Kujur – DSP
- Mukesh Kumar Mahto – DSP
- Kundan Kumar Singh – Finance Service
- Mausami Nagesh – Finance Service
- Kanu Ram Nag – State Administrative Service
- Prakash Kumar – State Administrative Service
- Sangeeta Kumari – Finance Service
- Rajneesh Kumar – State Administrative Service
- Shivendra – DSP
- Santosh Kumar Chaudhary – State Administrative Service
- Rohit Sinha – State Administrative Service
- Shailesh Kumar Srivastava – Finance Service
- Amit Kumar – State Administrative Service
- Rahul Ji Anand Ji – State Administrative Service
- Indrajeet Singh – Finance Service
- Shishir Kumar Singh – State Administrative Service
- Rajiv Kumar Singh – State Administrative Service
- Ram Krishna Kumar – State Administrative Service
- Pramod Ram – State Administrative Service
- Arvind Kumar Singh – DSP
- Vikas Kumar Pandey – DSP
- Manoj Kumar – State Administrative Service
- Sudama Kumar – Finance Service
- Kumud Kumar – Cooperative Officer
Examiners Accused in JPSC-2 Irregularities
- Omkar Nath Singh – Professor, BHU
- Munindra Tiwari – Reader, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Sudhir Kumar Shukla – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Amar Nath Singh – Dean, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Rajendra Prasad Singh – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Tulsi Narayan Singh Munda – Assistant Professor, Ranchi College
- Dr. Om Prakash Singh – Associate Professor, Kamala Nehru Institute
- Dr. Yogendra Singh – Reader, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh – Principal, Hindu PG College
- Dr. Ravi Prakash Pandey – Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Bindeshwar Pandey – Associate Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Diwakar Lal Srivastava – Associate Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Shiv Bahadur Singh – Associate Professor, DAV College, Banaras
- Dr. Siyaram Singh Yadav – Associate Professor, Uday Pratap Autonomous College
- Raghuveer Singh Tomar – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Pradeep Kumar Pandey – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Madhusudan Mishra – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Sabhajit Singh Yadav – Associate Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Shashi Devi Singh – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh – Associate Professor, Devendra PG College
- Mahendra Mohan Verma – Professor, Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Dina Nath Singh – Professor, DAV PG College
- Albert Toppo – Retired DDC, Interview Board Member
- Nand Lal – Head, Department of Political Science, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
- Sohan Ram – Retired Special Secretary, Interview Board Expert
