While Hans was arrested from Patna, Yadav was taken into custody by the agency from Delhi under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Bihar cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former RJD MLA Gulab Yadav in connection with a money-laundering case.
While Hans was arrested from Patna, Yadav was taken into custody by the agency from Delhi under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), news agency PTI reported.
Hans, a 1997-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has served as the principal secretary of the Bihar energy department while Yadav is a former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator. He represented the Jhanjharpur Assembly seat in Madhubani district from 2015 to 2020.
It has been reported that while holding these key positions, Hans was involved in unethical practices, including demanding luxury cars as bribes and embezzling large sums of money.
The money-laundering case against the two stems from an FIR of the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) of the Bihar Police filed last month against Hans and Yadav on charges of corruption and alleged possession of disproportionate assets.
“A team of SVU officials is examining the information provided by the central probe agency. Around 14 people, including Hans, Yadav and their family members have been named as accused in the FIR,” a senior official told PTI.
Earlier in July, the probe agency raided around 20 locations in Patna, Madhubani, Pune, Delhi, Amritsar and Chandigarh as part of a money laundering investigation. Fifteen watches, including luxury ones like Rado, Rolex etc and gold jewellery around 1,100 grams were seized from the premises Hans and incriminating documents containing details of payments for corruption were found and seized.
(With inputs from agencies)
