Ranchi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at eight locations across Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Barkagaon, deepening its money laundering probe against former Jharkhand MLA Amba Prasad.
The raids, part of the ongoing investigation into the RCTC coal transportation scam, targeted residences of Amba Prasad’s close aides, including PA Sanjeev Sahu, Manoj Dangi, and Pancham Kumar. A team also raided her office premises in Ranchi.
This is the second major crackdown after the March 2024 raids, when ED searched 17 locations linked to Amba Prasad and her father, former minister Yogendra Sao, seizing key documents and Rs 20 lakh in cash.
That operation centered on alleged illegal land occupation and financial misconduct.
The ED has now incorporated more than a dozen FIRs into its Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR). These include serious allegations of extortion, forgery, illegal land grabs, obstructing NTPC’s mining operations, and forming a banned organization called the “Jharkhand Tiger Group.”
Several FIRs name Amba Prasad’s parents, Yogendra Sao and former MLA Nirmala Devi, who also face charges of violence, threats to officials, and links to anti-state activities. Her brother Ankit Raj is also under the scanner for alleged illegal sand mining, with ED seizing unaccounted cash and documents during earlier raids.
Friday’s action marks a significant escalation in the probe, as the ED expands its focus beyond financial irregularities to include criminal and extremist links involving the entire political family.
