Enforcement Directorate Seizes Cash and Bullion in Probe Against Bihar IAS Officer

The Enforcement Directorate seized Rs 90 lakh in cash and 13 kg silver bullion following fresh searches in a money laundering probe against Bihar-cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, former RJD MLA Gulab Yadav, and others. The raids took place in Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai early this week.

The Enforcement Directorate has seized approximately Rs 90 lakh in cash and 13 kg of silver bullion after conducting fresh searches in a money laundering probe against Bihar-cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, former RJD MLA Gulab Yadav, and several others, according to official sources.

Raids were executed earlier this week at two sites in Delhi and multiple locations in Kolkata and Mumbai. Some old associates of Hans, a 1997 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served as the principal secretary of the Bihar energy department, were targeted in the two-day searches, the sources added.

In addition to the recent seizures, the federal agency had conducted initial searches in July, confiscating costly watches, about a kg of gold jewellery, and various investment papers. The agency's actions follow the quashing of a state police FIR by the Patna High Court, which dismissed allegations of rape made against Hans by a woman, terming her story as 'false and fabricated.'

(With inputs from agencies.)