Patna: Enforcement Directorate (ED) made three fresh arrests in connection with its money laundering probe against Bihar-cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Gulab Yadav, official sources said on Tuesday.
Suresh Kumar Singla of a private construction company and his son Varun were arrested from Punjab, while one Pawan Kumar was nabbed from Patna under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
On the day, the ED presented them before the special court of Patna District Judge Rupesh Deo, who remanded them to judicial custody. They were taken to Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, where Hans and Yadav are also lodged.
The ED had arrested Hans in this case from his residence in Patna on October 18, and Yadav was picked up from Delhi. The investigating team claimed that they have proof that the duo generated disproportionate assets by engaging in criminal activities and abusing their respective positions.
The ED had searched five locations linked to Hans and his associates in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata between September 10 and 12, and recovered Rs 87 lakh unaccounted cash, 13kg silver bullion, 2kg gold and jewellery worth Rs 1.5 crore.