Arrested Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam remanded to six-day ED custody
The Hindu
Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam remanded to ED custody for six days in money laundering case probe.
Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into a money laundering case, was on Thursday remanded to the custody of the central agency for six days, lawyers said.
Earlier in the day, the Minister was produced before a PMLA court in Ranchi, amid tight security arrangements, an ED official said.
Mr. Alam was arrested after a six-hour grilling by the ED on Wednesday at the agency's office here.
He was also questioned by the federal agency on Tuesday for over nine hours and his statement was recorded.
Mr. Alam, the State Parliamentary Afairs Minister, represents the Pakur seat in the Jharkhand Assembly.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.