Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday took-up investigation of illegal transfer of Rs 12.60 crore from the account of Special Land Acquisition Office, Northern Coal Project of Palamu district to two different accounts by fraudulent means.
Sources in the ED said that the agency has taken up investigation from the Crime Investigation Department of Jharkhand police in which a FIR 378/19 was lodged on October 25, last year under Daltonganj Town police station.
ED sources said that agency has lodged a fresh complaint against special land acquisition officer named as Banka Ram, the erstwhile nazir of special land acquisition office Ramashankar Singh, the erstwhile chief branch manager of Daltonganj main branch of State Bank of India (SBI) Ravindra Kumar Baraik, Amit Chandulal Patel and M/s Sheetal Construction.
