https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/ed-raids-sanjeev-hans-money-laundering-case-patna-bihar-19580554.htm

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting raids since Thursday morning against some Bihar government officials and engineers as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans. The central investigating agency is probing government officials and contractors involved in managing government tenders.

During the raid, a large amount of cash, running into crores of rupees, was found. The counting of the seized money is still ongoing, and officials had to bring in four machines to help count it. The process has been going on for the past eight hours, but the full amount has not yet been determined, News18 Hindi reported.

The report said the ED received information about a large sum of cash hidden in this bungalow, possibly related to illegal transactions and benami property. Upon raiding the property, officials were shocked by the huge amount of cash found. The rooms were filled with money, requiring the use of four counting machines to process it.

The money laundering case against Hans, a 1997-batch bureaucrat who last served as the principal secretary of the Bihar energy department, stems from a special vigilance unit FIR of the Bihar Police.

The ED has alleged that Hans "earned illicit money by indulging in corrupt practices while holding various prime postings in the Bihar government and also during his central deputations during 2018-2023".

The agency has earlier attached assets worth ₹23 crore acquired by "associates" of Hans.