LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, April 1: The Enforcement Directorate, which probes the cases of money laundering, procured a warrant of arrest from the PLMA special court in Jharkhand capital to take accused of mid-day meal scam involving over Rs 100 crores, Sanjay Tiwari, in its custody.
The warrant was issued on Friday after the central probe agency applied for the same to expedite its probe in the matter.
The Supreme Court had given provisional bail to Tiwari for a certain period but despite expiry of the bail the latter did not surrender before the court.
Approximately 100 crores of mid-day meal were transferred from SBI Dhurwa branch to 34 accounts of Bhanu Construction. An FIR was lodged at the Dhurwa police station regarding this. Later, the CBI took over the investigation of the case. In the year 2021, the ED registered the case number ECIR 3/2021 and took the case under its control. Along with Tiwari, Raju Verma and Suresh Kumar are also accused in this case.
