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The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday ordered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to be impleaded in the case involving state minister Alamgir Alam and Pankaj Mishra, a former aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
The whole matter is related to the alleged irregularities in the tender of a toll plaza located on Barharwa Road, Pakur. The court of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi ordered that the ED be made a party in the matter. Shambhu Nandan Kumar, a businessman from Pakur, filed a petition in 2020 against Alam and Mishra, who used to be the chief minister’s MLA representative. The petitioner alleged that Alam tried to use his influence to rig the auction of the Toll Tax Center at Barharwa Road in Pakur. It also included Kumar and the minister’s younger brother. The petitioner has also accused the minister of threatening him.
According to Kumar, Mishra allegedly called him and tried to use his influence to stop him from participating in the auction. Last month, the Jharkhand Police said that Mishra and Alam were found innocent in the investigation into the alleged threat in the Barharwa toll plaza tender case.