Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) today after six hours of inquiry on the second day under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Mr Alam has been arrested in the alleged Tender Commission scam after recovery of cash amounting to more than 35 crore rupees. The minister was issued summons by ED in this case on May 12 and has been interrogated by ED officials since yesterday.

Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate had conducted raids at multiple locations in Ranchi on May 5 and 6. A huge amount of cash had been seized amounting to more than 35 crore rupees from Jahangir Alam, household help of Sanjiv Lal, PS to Alamgir Alam. The central probe agency had already taken Sanjiv Lal and house-help Jahangir Alam on remand.