The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed complaint against the then Personal Assistant (PA) of the former Jharkhand Minister Chandra Prakash Chaudhary, Manoj Kumar Singh, his father and two brothers at the Special ED court of JPN Pandey in Ranchi. They have been charged of conducting money laundering worth Rs13 crore during the period 2005-2008.
The ED has made allegations of money laundering of RS 13 crore against the four accused persons in its complaint,” said ED Counsel SR Das. The complaint was filed on the basis of the documents recovered during an IT raid conducted at the Ranchi and Chapra residences of Manoj Kumar Singh on October 15, 2009.
The IT sleuths seized several secret files, five bank passbooks including that of a former minister’s wife and documents relating to different investments. It had also seized fixed deposit receipts of about Rs14 crore during the raid.
