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Ranchi, May 22 (HS). The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in its application for remand of Minister Alamgir Alam, told the PMLA Court on Wednesday that Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam is not cooperating in the investigation of the tender scam. ED said that new facts have emerged from the seized materials, documents and records, which need to confront Alamgir face to face.
ED said that digital records are in huge quantity. The work of extracting data from various digital devices is still going on. Also, many new facts have come to light during the interrogation of Sanjeev Lal and Jahangir Alam. These facts need to be confronted and confirmed with the Minister. Because, Alamgir is hiding important information about the source of money i.e. the proceeds of crime and is also evasive in his answers.
The ED also said that his custodial interrogation is necessary to identify the properties acquired by Alamgir and his associates from the proceeds of crime and also to investigate the role of other beneficiaries in earning the proceeds of crime through the minister. Sources say that the ED, which is investigating the Jharkhand tender scam, has claimed that it is a big scam of Rs 3000 crore. The money earned in this scam has also been sent abroad
It is noteworthy that on May 6, ED raided the premises of Sanjeev and Jahangir. During this, ED recovered Rs 37.5 crore from their premises. After this, ED issued summons to Alamgir Alam and called him for questioning. After two days of long interrogation, ED arrested Alamgir Alam on May 13.
This case is related to Virendra Kumar Ram, who was arrested on February 23 last year. He was posted as Chief Engineer in both Rural Development Special Division and Rural Works Department of the Government of Jharkhand. Virendra Ram used to collect commission for tender allotment and gave the fixed share of 1.5 percent in the commission to Minister Alamgir Alam.