The Central probe agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) n Monday interrogated real estate businessman Vishnu Agrawal for more than three hours in connection with money laundering cases by illegal business of land in Ranchi in connivance with a 2011 batch IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, who was Ranchi DC during the deal in between 2020-2022.
ED had summoned Agarwal for appearance at its Hinoo office where he was interrogated. The ED questioned Agarwal about illegal land deal and favour he received from then Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan. The question/ answer session started at 11am and ended at 2pm.
Agrawal was questioned about his land deal on Cheshire Home Road. According to reports, the land was first delisted from the prohibited category before being registered and mutated in the name of Agrawal and his wife under the influence of Ranjan in exchange for Rs one crore and a Goa trip arranged by Agrawal.
During this session, the ED has planned presence of Ranjan who is in ED remand following Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) special court.
The ED has come to know that real estate businessman Vishnu Kumar Agarwal planned and got Chhavi Ranjan’s Goa tour done. He arranged for their accommodation and food at Taj Fort Aguada in Goa. For this, Vishnu Kumar Aggarwal paid in cash through his employee to a travel agent in Delhi. This has been revealed by the ED from the data of the seized mobile of Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, whose forensic analysis has revealed these facts.
On the verbal orders of the then DC Chhavi Ranjan of Ranchi, the mutation of one acre of disputed land on Cheshire Home Road was done by Manoj Kumar, the then Zonal Officer of Bargain, in the name of Vishnu Agarwal and his wife Anushree Agarwal.
Prior to this, Agarwal was also summoned in November last year by ED. The ED seized Vishnu Aggarwal’s mobile during a raid on his hideout on November 4, 2022, from whose data the ED got a lot of information, including the details of Chhavi Ranjan’s Goa tour.
In the investigation of ED, it was found that there was a deep connection between Vishnu Aggarwal and Chhavi Ranjan. Chhavi Ranjan had given Vishnu Aggarwal illegal possession of the non-purchaseable land at Pugadu in Namkum Mauza. Through the state government, there was an order to investigate the matter of this land as well.
It’s noteworthy that on November 4, ED had raided a complete of 12 places of businessman Vishnu Agarwal, Kolkata businessman Amit Agarwal and others in an unlawful sale of military land. In the course of the raid, the ED bought paperwork associated with the sale and buy of military land.
On this paperwork have been additionally discovered through which a military land was transferred by Prem Prakash to Vishnu Agarwal, passing by many arms in an improper means. Prem Prakash is at the moment in jail. He was arrested after two AK-47s were discovered from Prem Prakash’s hideouts in the course of the raid.