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Illegal mining case: ED raids more than 18 locations across the country, many high profile names including women IAS officers are involved

May 6, 2022
Bharat Times English News

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The ED team has conducted simultaneous raids at many places across the country in connection with the illegal mining case of Jharkhand. According to sources, a woman IAS officer has also been raided.

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On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate has taken a big action in the illegal mining case in Jharkhand. The ED team has raided more than 18 locations across the country. In this, most of the raids have taken place in Jharkhand. It is being told that the ED was getting complaints of money laundering through illegal mining for a long time. After this, the ED gathered confidential information in this case and raided many places simultaneously.

IAS officer’s house also raided
It is being told that the ED team has raided 18 places in the country simultaneously. It also houses the house of a woman IAS officer from Jharkhand. Sensation has spread in the entire state due to this action of ED. If sources are to be believed, the ED team has raided the house of Jharkhand’s Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal. Apart from this, he has got evidence against many officials and politicians, who are making big money through illegal mining. In this regard, raids have also been conducted at many places in Jaipur, Faridabad, Chandigarh, Muzaffarpur, Kolkata.

On the other hand, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said, 45-50% of the country’s minerals come from Jharkhand. The CM himself has kept this ministry with himself. Being a minister, allotted illegal mining leases to his relatives, MLAs. The agencies got information about the corruption and action was taken.

Case was registered in 2012
The Anti-Corruption Bureau had registered a case against junior engineer Ram Vinod Sinha in 2012 in the illegal mining case. After this, many high profile names were revealed in this case. It was learned that money laundering was being done through illegal mining. It was revealed at that time that many IAS officers and leaders had good relations with JE Ram Vinod Sinha. After the information came to the fore, now the Enforcement Directorate team has taken action.

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On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate has taken a big action in the illegal mining case in Jharkhand. The ED team has raided more than 18 locations across the country. In this, most of the raids have taken place in Jharkhand. It is being told that the ED was getting complaints of money laundering through illegal mining for a long time. After this, the ED gathered confidential information in this case and raided many places simultaneously.

IAS officer’s house also raided

It is being told that the ED team has raided 18 places in the country simultaneously. It also houses the house of a woman IAS officer from Jharkhand. Sensation has spread in the entire state due to this action of ED. If sources are to be believed, the ED team has raided the house of Jharkhand’s Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal. Apart from this, he has got evidence against many officials and politicians, who are making big money through illegal mining. In this regard, raids have also been conducted at many places in Jaipur, Faridabad, Chandigarh, Muzaffarpur, Kolkata.

On the other hand, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said, 45-50% of the country’s minerals come from Jharkhand. The CM himself has kept this ministry with himself. Being a minister, allotted illegal mining leases to his relatives, MLAs. The agencies got information about the corruption and action was taken.

Case was registered in 2012

The Anti-Corruption Bureau had registered a case against junior engineer Ram Vinod Sinha in 2012 in the illegal mining case. After this, many high profile names were revealed in this case. It was learned that money laundering was being done through illegal mining. It was revealed at that time that many IAS officers and leaders had good relations with JE Ram Vinod Sinha. After the information came to the fore, now the Enforcement Directorate team has taken action.

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