{"id":503196,"date":"2024-02-27T17:22:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=503196"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:55:27","slug":"money-laundering-case-ed-raids-kiran-devi-arun-yadav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/money-laundering-case-ed-raids-kiran-devi-arun-yadav\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar: ED raids premises of RJD MLA Kiran Devi, husband Arun Yadav in money laundering case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided the premises&nbsp; of RJD MLA Kiran Devi, her husband and former legislator Arun Yadav and some others as part of a money laundering case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiran Devi is a sitting MLA of the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). She represents the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district. Arun Yadav represented the seat from 2015 to 2020. According to reports, when ED sleuths reached Kiran Devi\u2019s residence on Tuesday morning, the MLA was not there. Searches were also conducted at the premises linked to the MLA in Bhojpur\u2019s Agiaon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Ara, Bhojpur: ED raids underway at nearly 3 locations including the residence of former RJD MLA Arun Yadav, in connection with a money laundering case.<br><br>(Visuals from the residence of RJD MLA Kiran Devi) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yIl3RZoauh\">pic.twitter.com\/yIl3RZoauh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1762329780274319592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ED\u2019s money laundering case against Arun Yadav and Kiran Devi stems from a total of 16 FIRs filed by the Bihar Police at various police stations in Ara district. A criminal case was filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the couple in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at RJD MLA Kiran Devi&#39;s residence in Ara, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bihar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bihar<\/a>. Visuals of MLA Kiran Devi&#39;s house.<br><br>(Full video available on PTI Videos &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n147TvqRQz\">https:\/\/t.co\/n147TvqRQz<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/merAkqX0Bj\">pic.twitter.com\/merAkqX0Bj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1762318351487938726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ED has earlier recorded the statements of Arun Yadav and some family members as part of this probe, even as it obtained property documents and bank account statements of the Yadav family and a linked entity \u2013 Kiran Durga Contractors Pvt Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports the Yadav family acquired some 72 immovable properties such as agricultural lands, flats and residential plots worth Rs 9.90 crore in Ara district and Patna, and allegedly made cash deposits of Rs 20.5 crore between 2002-03 and 2021-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The source said these assets and cash deposits in the hands of the Arun Yadav family and the linked entities are alleged to be disproportionate to their known and legal sources of income. Arun Yadav is also under the scanner of the central probe agencies in connection with the land-for-job scam case involving RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family members. Yadav and Kiran Devi are also being investigated by the ED in connection with the illegal sand mining case and the agency had raided them last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ED\u2019s money laundering case against Arun Yadav and Kiran Devi stems from a total of 16 FIRs filed by the Bihar Police at various police stations in Ara district. 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