The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a Ranchi-based businessman early on Thursday in connection with a case of illegal coal mining following raids to probe a money-laundering charge.
Prem Prakash Sahu, believed to have close connections with bureaucrats and politicians, was in the afternoon remanded in six days’ ED custody for further questioning.
Against the backdrop of a search at a flat in Ranchi taken on rent by Sahu, ED “sources” had said on Wednesday that two AK-47 rifles and 60 live cartridges had been seized. Ranchi police had later said the weapon and ammunition belonged to two police constables who were suspended on Wednesday for negligence.
