Jharkhand, August 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR on Wednesday against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and five ex-ministers for amassing assets more than their known source of income.
Superintendent of Police, CBI, R.C. Chaudhary told media that we have lodged an FIR (first information report) after the Jharkhand High Court passed an order against Koda and five ex-ministers.
The FIR was lodged in a special CBI court under different sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code including those for cheating and criminal conspiracy.
The vigilance bureau had lodged the first case against two ex-ministers Enos Ekka and Harinarayan Rai on Nov 26, 2008 and the second case was filed against Koda and former ministers Kamlesh Singh, Bhanu Pratap Sahi and Bandhu Tirkey in 2009.
According to the sources, the vigilance bureau handed over the details of investigation made against the accused to the CBI.
Koda, Ekka, Rai and Singh are in jail in the graft case. They were last year arrested by the vigilance bureau, which had filed a charge sheet against them for amassing assets 300-500 percent more than their known sources of income.
The Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the houses of Koda and his associates in October last year and February this year.
The ED filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Koda and the three jailed ex-ministers.
–Agencies