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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary to Jharkhand’s rural development minister Alamgir Alam, and his maid Jahangir Alam in connection with the recovery of a massive amount of cash in Ranchi. The total cash seizure stands at over 36 crore. The duo has been remanded to six days of ED custody. The ED has alleged that Lal collected commission on tenders on behalf of influential people. The agency also claimed that officials of the rural development department were involved in an alleged illegal cash payment nexus.

Former deputy chief minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, has filed a bail plea in the Delhi High Court in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. The plea will be heard on Friday after the High Court agreed to list it for an urgent hearing. Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in February and by the ED in March for his alleged involvement in the scam. He resigned from the Delhi cabinet in February.

Akash Anand, the national coordinator of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), has cautioned against aggressive attacks on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP government, citing potential retaliation. Anand asserted that the community represented by BSP is vulnerable to retribution from agencies such as the ED and CBI. Unlike other parties with political or financial backing, BSP lacks the power to protect its people from such retaliation, he emphasized. Anand’s comments highlight BSP’s cautious approach, prioritizing the well-being of its core voters over confrontational tactics that could harm them. Despite the party’s recent electoral setbacks, Anand maintains that BSP’s core vote remains intact, unlike other opposition parties.