VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, Aug 25: The Enforcement Directorate is said to have arrested power broker Prem Prakash hours after the agency raided his premises in Ranchi, Bihar, and other states in the money laundering case.
He was arrested around 2.30 AM on Thursday from Ranchi on the basis of incriminating evidence indicating his involvement in money laundering. But the ED has not disclosed his arrest but well-placed sources confirmed his arrest. The ED is investigating the MNREGA and illegal mining scam and it was found that he was involved in money laundering.
On Wednesday, the ED carried out a massive raid against him. Prem Prakash allegedly enjoyed close proximity in the previous BJP government of Raghubar Das and the current UPA government headed by Hemant Soren in Jharkhand.
The ED is also investigating his role in an extortion case in which Kolkata police arrested Jharkhand High Court advocate Rajiv Kumar. Raids are being carried in Ranchi at as many as a dozen locations.
