IAS Officer Chhavi Ranjan Granted Bail in Land Deal Case by Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court granted bail to IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, arrested for his alleged involvement in an illegal land deal case. Ranjan was granted bail by Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay. The ED had arrested him on May 4 last year amid investigations into the suspected collaboration between land mafias, middlemen, and bureaucrats in forging land deeds.

The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday granted bail to IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, arrested in connection with an alleged illegal land deal case, offering a much-needed respite to the former deputy commissioner of Ranchi.

Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay of the Jharkhand High Court provided the bail. Ranjan had been in custody since the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on May 4 of the previous year.

The ED conducted several raids in Ranchi before detaining Ranjan, focusing on numerous land deals where a nexus of land mafia, intermediaries, and bureaucrats is suspected of forging land deeds and manipulating legal documentation.

(With inputs from agencies.)