The Enforcement Directorate has revealed that in the Jharkhand Tender scam of the Rural Development department, officers took more commission than ministers.
The minister took a 1.35 per cent commission, while officers and engineers took a 1.65 per cent commission.
During ED interrogation, engineers, including the Chief Engineer, stated that the money was collected for Minister Alamgir Alam through his Personal Secretary Sanjeev Lal.
Engineers confessed that the commission amount for Minister Alamgir was collected through his PS Sanjeev Lal, while the rest of the commission amount was collected by the Chief Engineer himself.
Sanjeev Lal collected commissions from contractors through his friend Munna Singh, a contractor, and his brother Santosh Singh.
The amount was then handed over to Sanjeev Lal’s domestic help Jahangir Alam near Deendayal Nagar or Abhinandan Marriage Hall in Ranchi. Jahangir kept this money in his flat.
The ED also claimed that contractor Munna Singh admitted to taking about Rs 53 crore from Rajiv Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Rajkumar Toppo, Ajay Kumar, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Ajay Tirkey, and Amit Kumar on Sanjeev Lal's instructions.
Sanjeev kept Rs 2.05 crores of the collected amount for himself. He spent Rs 40 lakhs on his house in Sanskruti Vihar, Bariatu. Munna Singh also stated that Sanjeev had given him Rs 50 lakh in cash.
All the engineers provided the same information about the commission percentage to the ED. They also admitted that commission collection is common for politicians, officers, and engineers in RWD, RDSD, and JSRRDA.
The ED reported that two mobile numbers of Sanjeev Lal were saved in the mobile of former Chief Engineer Virendra Ram. One mobile number was used by Jahangir Alam.
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