ED arrests Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam in money laundering case

ED has arrested Jharkhand Minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam in connection with a huge cash recovery from the household help of his personal secretary (PS) Sanjeev Lal. Alam reached the central agency office at Ranchi for questioning for the second consecutive day on Wednesday regarding the case. The Rural Development Minister was interrogated by the ED for about 10 hours on Tuesday.

Both Sanjiv Lal, PS to Alam, and his domestic help, Jahangir Alam, were arrested by the ED after the raids and subsequent recovery of Rs 35.23 crore in cash from their premises in Jharkhand's Ranchi. 

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