Patna: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched raids at various locations in Bihar's Arrah district on Saturday as part of a money laundering investigation against sand trader Krishna Mohan Singh. The probe is linked to illegal sand mining and its sale. The raids, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), targeted Singh's residence in Arrah and his assets in Anand Nagar locality.

Singh, a sand trader, came under scrutiny for suspected unaccounted wealth accrued from his sand business. The investigation also has ties to a money laundering case involving Broadsons Commodities Pvt Ltd. Last month, the ED provisionally attached properties worth Rs 26.19 crore belonging to Radha Charan Sah, a member of the Bihar Legislative Council, under the PMLA.

The probe was initiated based on 19 FIRs registered by Bihar police related to illegal sand mining and unauthorized sand sales. Broadson Commodities Private Limited allegedly operated in defiance of regulations, causing significant revenue losses to the government.

ED's investigation revealed a syndicate controlling the illegal sand trade, with Radha Charan Sah implicated as a member. Sah allegedly laundered proceeds of crime through his involvement with Broadsons Commodities Pvt Ltd, using his son Kanhaiya Prasad and the Hawala network for money transfers. The laundered funds were purportedly used for investments in a resort in Manali and construction at a school in Ghaziabad, both linked to Sah's family-owned entities.

Earlier actions in the case resulted in cash seizures and arrests of Sah, his son, and directors of Broad Son Commodities Pvt Ltd. They are currently in judicial custody, with a prosecution complaint filed in the PMLA court in Patna in November 2023.

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