Dhiraj Prasad Sahu Money Laundering Case: Congress Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, was interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for about 5 hours on Sunday (February 11) in a money laundering case. An officer gave this information. This case is related to land fraud in which former Chief Minister of the state Hemant Soren was arrested recently.
The official said that Sahu appeared before the ED for the second consecutive day on Sunday to face questioning. ED had interrogated him for about 11 hours on Saturday (February 10).
‘Some paperwork is going on in ED’
The officer said that Sahu had entered the ED office in Ranchi at around 3 o’clock and came out at 8:30. Coming out of the ED office, Sahu said, “Some paperwork is going on and I cooperated with them.”
Officials said the ED recorded Sahu’s statement about his alleged links with Soren and the luxury car found at the Delhi residence of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president during searches last month.
‘Car keys were found from a property in South Delhi’
According to officials, ED sleuths had recovered the keys of the car from the property in South Delhi and after completing the raid there, they took the vehicle with them. Sahu told reporters after the interrogation on Saturday night that the questioning was related to the seized luxury vehicle. He said, “There is nothing much… The seized vehicle does not belong to the former Chief Minister and belongs to someone else… Investigation is going on.”
IT had seized cash worth Rs 351.8 crore in the raid.
The Congress MP came into limelight in December last year when the Income Tax Department seized Rs 351.8 crore in cash during a raid on the premises of Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Private Limited, belonging to his family. Officials said that Sahibganj Deputy Commissioner Ramniwas Yadav was also questioned for the second consecutive day on Sunday in connection with money laundering related to illegal mining in the state.