The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Ved Prakash Yadav, the Joint Director of the Department of Information Technology & Communication, Government of Rajasthan, following raids in several states in a Prevention of Money Laundering case. According to sources, Yadav was placed under arrest late on Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, the ED conducted raids in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh and Rajasthan’s Jaipur. During the searches, a number of incriminating documents were recovered and seized.
The ED on Thursday questioned Yadav about the documents. He was confronted with the evidence collected by the ED. The ED will produce him before a special PMLA court in Rajasthan. The sources said that they will seek his custodial remand.
“We are probing a possible link of Rs 2 crore 31 lakh cash that was recovered from Jaipur’s Yojna Bhawan basement,” the sources said.
In May, cash amounting to Rs 2.31 crore and one kg of gold were recovered, after which the Jaipur Police made Yadav an accused. Following this, the Ashok Nagar police station in-charge filed a report in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
