RANCHI: Days after the Election Commission served show cause notice on chief minister Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren, facing disqualification for leasing mines, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at a dozen premises in Ranchi and various states and seized Rs 19.31 crore in cash.
The raids were carried out at residences and offices of mines secretary Pooja Singhal, her relatives and close associates in Ranchi and several other states in connection with the nearly Rs 18 crore MGNREGA fund scam and money laundering when she was the deputy commissioner of Khunti district between 2008 and 2011.
