CBI Seizes Cash, Jewels Worth Rs 75 Lakh From Jharkhand Ex-Mining Officer
NDTV
The agency had started its search operations at 20 locations in connection with the case, in which a former aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Pankaj Mishra, is also an FIR-named accused, they said.
The CBI has seized cash amounting to more than Rs 13 lakh and jewellery worth about Rs 52 lakh from former district mining officer, Sahibganj, Bibhuti Kumar during searches in poll-bound Jharkhand in connection with an illegal stone-mining case, officials said on Wednesday.
The agency had started its search operations at 20 locations in connection with the case, in which a former aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Pankaj Mishra, is also an FIR-named accused, they said.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams have seized Rs 75 lakh so far during the operation, including the seizure from the premises of Bibhuti Kumar, the officials said.
