Ranchi. Jharkhand Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam, arrested in the Tender Commission Scam, was produced in the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Ranchi on Thursday amid tight security. ED filed a ten-day remand petition to interrogate the minister. On this the court has approved remand for six days. During the debate on the remand petition, Special Public Prosecutor Shiv Kumar, appearing for the ED, said that strong evidence has been found against the minister in the tender scam. Alamgir Alam ED Remand
In such a situation, they should be allowed to interrogate them at length. Alamgir Alam’s advocate opposed this. After this the court approved remand for six days. When the ED team reached the court on Thursday with Alamgir Alam surrounded by security forces, a large number of his supporters present there raised slogans of Zindabad. Let us tell you that Alamgir Alam was arrested by ED after nine and a half hours of interrogation on Tuesday and six hours on Wednesday.
ED had recovered Rs 37.37 crore in raids conducted on May 6-7 at the residences of his PS Sanjeev Kumar Lal, domestic help Jahangir Alam and other close associates. During interrogation and investigation, ED has found that Minister Alamgir Alam is directly involved in this case. After this he was arrested. Alamgir Alam is the number two minister in the cabinet of Jharkhand government.
He is also the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the Jharkhand Assembly. ED has taken his PS Sanjeev Kumar Lal and domestic help Jahangir Lal on remand from May 8 and their interrogation is continuing. During this period, it has been revealed that commission was collected from managing tenders and payments in the schemes of Rural Development Department and a certain part of it used to reach senior officers and minister Alamgir Alam.
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