The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against former chief minister Madhu Koda and six ex-ministers for amassing assets more than their known sources of income.<\/p>\n
“A division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Sushil Harkoli and Justice D N Patel, ordered a CBI probe against Madhu Koda and six ex-ministers,” Rajiv Kumar, lawyer of petitioner Durga Oraon, said.<\/p>\n
“Besides them, the CBI will also probe two key associates of Koda – Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary. The court will also monitor the case,” he added.<\/p>\n
The state government has been opposing the CBI probe ever since a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by Durga Oraon in October 2008.<\/p>\n
Oraon had sought a probe into the assets of Koda and six former ministers — Harinarayan Rai, Enos Ekka, Kamlesh Singh, Bhanu Pratap Sahi, Chandra Prakash Choudhary and Dulal Bhuiyan, who were in Koda’s cabinet between September 2006 and August 2008.<\/p>\n
Koda, Ekka, Rai and Kamlesh Singh are in jail in the graft case. They were arrested by the vigilance bureau last year. The vigilance bureau had filed a chargesheet against them.<\/p>\n
The Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the houses of Koda and his associates in October last year and February this year.<\/p>\n
The ED filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Koda and the three jailed ex-ministers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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