Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate has widened its probe into the Jharkhand tender scam, filing a fourth supplementary charge sheet that names eight new accused allegedly linked to former minister Alamgir Alam.
Filed before the Special PMLA Court in Ranchi, the complaint accuses the new individuals — including contractors and associates of officials — of participating in laundering the proceeds of crime generated through a tender commission racket in the Rural Works Department.
The total number of accused in the case has now risen to 22.
The ED had earlier arrested Alamgir Alam on May 15 last year after recovering more than ₹35 crore in cash from multiple locations, including ₹30 crore from the residence of his domestic aide Jahangir Alam and several crores from contractors.
The agency alleges that a portion of the illegal commissions collected from tender allocations was diverted to Alamgir Alam.
Once a senior Congress leader and minister in the Hemant Soren and Champai Soren cabinets, Alam resigned from both his ministerial and legislative party posts after his arrest.
With inputs from IANS