ED raids Bihar IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, ex-RJD MLA Gulab Yadav

ED raids linked to Sanjeev Hans and Gulab Yadav in alleged disproportionate assets case in Patna.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 17 conducted raids at multiple locations linked to Sanjeev Hans, principal secretary of the energy department and former MLA Gulab Yadav in an alleged disproportionate assets case.

Sources in the ED said that raids were conducted at the residence and office of Mr. Hans, who also holds the post of CMD of Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL).

The ED team raided the several locations linked to Mr. Yadav in Madhubani, Delhi, Patna and Pune.

During the raids, the ED seized a few items from both locations which included a memory card, pen drive, and computer hard disk apart from some documents.

The raids were conducted for nearly 13 hours in which ED seized a bank passbook, locker, jewellery and documents related to land purchase from the location linked to Mr. Yadav whereas the bank passbook and documents related to transfer posting were seized by ED from the locations linked to Mr. Hans.

The 1997 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer is close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The ED visited his office at Vidyut Bhavan and also his residence located at the electricity board colony in Shastrinagar area. The raids started in the early morning and continued till late evening.

Both Mr. Hans and Mr. Yadav are close friends who are also embroiled in an alleged gang rape case, filed by a lawyer from the Allahabad High Court.