Illegal sand mining case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Subhash Yadav, a close aide of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, late Saturday night in connection with alleged illegal sand mining linked money laundering case, official sources said.
The arrest was made following the raid at Subhash Yadav's premises and several other places in Bihar’s capital city Patna on Saturday (March 9). ED had raided eight locations of Subhash Yadav for 14 hours. The federal agency team seized nearly Rs 2.3 crore cash and documents from his Danapur residence.
Runs the business of illegal sand mining
Subhash Yadav has also contested the Lok Sabha elections on RJD ticket. Subhash Yadav, who also is the Director of Broadson Construction Pvt Ltd, runs the business of illegal sand mining in Bihar.
The money laundering case stems from some FIRs filed by the Bihar Police earlier.
Even before this, the Income Tax Department had raided the premises of Subhash Yadav. In 2018, actions were taken in Patna, Delhi and Dhanbad. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Subhash Yadav had contested as an RJD candidate from Chatra in Jharkhand, however, he lost the election.
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