VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, Dec. 31: Trouble may be brewing for the absconding illegal stone mining accused Dahu Yadav as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is learnt to have got some hard evidence against his father Pashupati Yadav and son Rahul Kumar.
Well placed sources said that the evidence suggests that Pashupati Yadav and Rahul Kumar were actively involved and assisted Dahu Yadav in generating, laundering and concealing the proceeds of crime. The ED has charged Dahu Yadav for illegal stone mining and illegal transportation of stone chips to Bihar, Bengal and other places through inland water in the river Ganga. Sahibganj is the epicentre of the stone mining scam.
The investigation has suggested that Dahu Yadav having a criminal background raised assets through land grab and extortion. He and his father grabbed and acquired many prime land and housing properties in Sahibganj district. The possibility can’t be ruled out if Pashupati Yadav and Rahul Kumar are also prosecuted along with Dahu Yadav in the Rs 1000 crore illegal mining scam.
Absconding Dahu Yadav trying to get IWAI permission
Dahu Yadav and his brother Sunil Yadav have been absconding after Ranchi PMLA court of Prabhat Kumar Sharma issued an arrest warrant against them. The ED suspects that both the brothers are hiding somewhere in their home district Sahibganj. However, the Sahibganj police are unable to trace them. But while Dahu Yadav is evading arrest, he is learnt to be desperately trying to expand his inland ferry service business.
Dahu Yadav controls the ‘Sahibganl Nav Yatayat Sahyog Samiti Limited’ that bagged the tender to manage goods and passenger ferry service in the river Ganga. The Katihar district administration in Bihar granted permission to this Sahibganj district-based cooperative society to operate ferry service from dawn to dusk.
Well-placed sources said that Dahu Yadav is trying to secure permission from the Inland Water Authority of India (IWAI) for night operations of ships. Two businessmen from Kolkata, close to him, are said to be lobbying for the permission. Both the businessmen are under the watch of the ED.
Dahu Yadav and his family have landed in unprecedented legal trouble following actions of the ED which has already arrested and charge-sheeted Pankaj Mishra (Jharkhand CM’s Hemant Soren’s MLA representative) as the kingpin of the scam.
