VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, July 18: One of the suspects of illegal mining scam in Jharkhand is learnt to have also raised immovable assets in Assam. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating whether or not such properties were raised out of the proceeds of the crime.
Sources well aware of the money laundering investigation of the present case said that there are inputs that there are at least two houses and three plots of land which the accused acquired in Asansol in West Bengal very recently.
At least one of the housing properties is said to be located in the Sitarampur Mujrapatti locality. The said house is occupied by a woman. However, concerns of that said woman with the suspect are not known. But it is believed that the suspect also provided one swanky SUV to that woman for personal use.
According to the sources, the suspects acquired huge land property in Sahibganj in recent years. Insiders pointed out that the suspect runs a stone crusher unit in Sahibganj and the agency has got some evidence of excessive mining done by him.
Meanwhile, the ED has directed the Sahibganj district mining department to hand over all documents related to the CTE and CTO of that said stone mining site.
