Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau files fresh chargesheet against Koda

April 2nd, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI  

Ranchi, Apr 2 (ANI): Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau has filed a chargesheet against former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, alleging that he took Rs. 90 lakh from two of his associates to contest the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

The chargesheet also mentions that Koda posted an Indian Forest Service officer Raj Kapoor, as the Member Secretary of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), for which one of his associates took a bribe.

Koda, who is currently lodged at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda jail, is under the investigation of various agencies like the Income Tax department, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau with respect to the alleged illegal investments.

He was arrested on November 30, 2009, in connection with the hawala transactions and the illegal investments case registered against him. (ANI)

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