PATNA: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted fresh searches in Bihar as part of a money laundering case investigation linked to alleged illegal sand mining in the state, official sources said.
The searches are being conducted in and around Arrah town in Bhojpur district.The premises of a businessman and some linked persons are being covered, the sources added.
The central agency last week arrested Subhash Yadav, a man allegedly linked to the RJD, in this case.
The money laundering case stems from a clutch of 20 FIRs registered by the Bihar Police against a company named Broadsons Commodities Pvt Ltd (BCPL) and its directors alleging they were engaged in illegal mining and sale of sand without using e-challans.
Bihar MLC and JD(U) leader Radha Charan Sah, his son Kanhaiya Prasad and directors of Broadsons Commodities, Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Baban Singh and Surendra Kumar Jindal, were arrested by the ED last year and they are currently lodged in jail under judicial custody.
