VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, Oct 10: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) apparently stumbled upon a minefield of documents during a raid at the residence and office of chartered accountant Jaishankar Jaipuriar as the ED seized a large number of documents and digital devices pertaining to Prem Prakash and many others. His premises were raided on August 24 along with Prem Prakash. The ED also recorded his statement which may bring trouble for many.
However, it is yet to be ascertained whether documents recovered during raids are incriminating in nature and whether or not these are relevant for the ED in its ongoing investigation of a mammoth illegal mining scam worth Rs 1,000 Crore.
Ranchi-based Jaishankar Jaipuriar is an experienced chartered accountant whose clients include many top politicians and business people. No wonder documents belonging to some top politicians may have been found during the raid.
The agency is said to have recovered a large number of documents that may be related to Amit Agrawal, Prem Prakash and others. Both of them are in the judicial custody of the ED in the cash for PIL and the illegal mining case respectively. Besides, some of the seized documents pertain to Abhishek Prasad, Pintuji and Sweta Prasad.
The ED got documents related to a company Abhipakhi Infratech Pvt Ltd which Prem Prakash incorporated in March 2018. Prem Prakash along with Kumar Suryansh Singh, Sonali Deshmukh and Prabha Sinha are the directors of this company.
Two other documents were found containing partnership deeds of Prem Prakash for the FY 2021-22. Prem Prakash is also associated with the organisation ‘My Classroom Foundation’ as revealed from these documents. Many papers related to Prem Prakash’s other company Herbal Green Solutions Pvt Ltd were found.
Notably, the ED has alleged that he used the bank account of Herbal Green Solutions Pvt Ltd for money laundering with Amit Agrawal. Notably, the power of attorney paper between Amit Agrawal and Prem Prakash was also seized by the ED at the residence of Prem Prakash.
The ED has stated that several documents were seized from the residence of Jaishankar Jaipuriar which evidences the laundering of funds by Prem Prakash. The ED has stated that the seized documents belonged to Abhishek Prasad, his wife Sweta Prasad and a company Shivshakti Enterprises. These documents are related to the assets and liabilities of Abhishek Prasad and Sweta Prasad.
Curiously enough, the ED seized a file pertaining to mining-related activities. Other than those, files relating to Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency, Inland Power Limited, 16 receipts of online payment of stamps duty of Jharkhand government and notarized affidavits.
