Ranchi: The hearing on the bail plea of former Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan, accused of land scam, has been completed.
The court has reserved the verdict after the hearing.
The hearing of this case was completed in the Special Court of Ranchi PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act).
Advocates Abhishek Chaudhary and Abhishek Singh, arguing on behalf of Chhavi Ranjan, said, only on the basis of her oral statement, she has been made an accused.
He should get bail as there is no concrete evidence against him.
Special Public Prosecutor Ramit Satyendra, appearing for the ED, said in his argument that Chhavi Ranjan is the main accused in the land scam.
He should not be granted bail just because he is the prime accused.
After the completion of the hearing of both the parties, the court has reserved the decision.
The ED started investigating the land scam on the basis of the report of the then Commissioner of Ranchi, Nitin Madan Kulkarni.
After conducting an inquiry in connection with the land occupied by the army, the commissioner submitted the report to the government.
It was clear in this inquiry report that army land was occupied on the basis of fake name and address.
IAS Chhavi Ranjan was arrested on May 4 in the Army land scam case.
On April 13, the ED raided 22 locations of 18 people, including Chhavi Ranjan.
After this, on April 14, seven accused including fake raiyat Pradeep Bagchi, revenue sub-inspector of Badagain circle Bhanu Pratap Prasad were arrested.
Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agarwal and Jagatbandhu Tea Estate owner Dilip Ghosh, two more accused in the case, were arrested late on June 7.
Those who have been sent to Hotwar Jail today after completion of remand period.
The forgery in the purchase and sale of 4.55 acres of land occupied by the army was first revealed in the commissioner’s inquiry report.
It was revealed in the report that a person named Pradeep Bagchi had sold the said land to Dilip Kumar Ghosh, director of Jagat Bandhu Tea Estate Pvt Ltd, posing as a fake tenant.
The two different papers related to the holding number that Pradeep Bagchi had attached in the registry for the purchase and sale of land were found to be fake during the investigation.