ED raids offices of construction firm undertaking several projects in Bihar
The Hindu
Enforcement Directorate raids linked to S.P. Singla Construction in Bihar, investigating money laundering allegations against officials.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 19 conducted raids at more than one dozen places in Patna, Delhi and Haryana (Panchkula) linked to S.P. Singla Construction company responsible for undertaking several projects in Bihar.
Sources in the ED said the searches were a follow-up action against Bihar IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former MLA Gulab Yadav in a money laundering case.
Earlier, the ED has conducted raids in Patna, Madhubani, Pune, Delhi and Chandigarh on July 16 and 17 at multiple locations linked to Mr. Hans, who is currently serving as a Principal Secretary of the Energy department. The ED had visited Mr. Hans’ office at Vidyut Bhavan and also his residence located at the electricity board colony in the Shastrinagar area of Patna.
On July 19, the ED officials searched the Ganga Project office of S.P. Singla at Boring Road, Patna. The ED team scrutinised the documents at several locations of its offices.
Mr. Hans had also served as the Managing Director of Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited (BRPNNL) way back in 2013 and several projects were awarded to the construction company during his tenure.
The ED sources said Mr. Hans had allegedly generated huge amounts of money through awarding the tender and had purchased several immovable properties and Mr. Yadav’s role could not be denied being his close associate.
In the previous raid, the ED had seized 15 watches, including luxury watches like Rado and Rolex, apart from gold jewellery around 1,100 gram from the premises of Mr. Hans and incriminating documents containing details of payments for corruption.
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