New Delhi/Patna, Oct 18 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested Bihar-cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former RJD MLA Gulab Yadav in a money laundering case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets, official sources said.
While Hans was arrested from Patna, Bihar, Yadav was taken into custody by the agency from Delhi under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The arrests were preceded by fresh ED searches on Friday.
Hans, a 1997-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has served as the principal secretary of the Bihar Energy Department while Yadav is a former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator -- representing the Jhanjharpur Assembly seat in Madhubani district from 2015 to 2020.
The money-laundering case against the two stems from an FIR of the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) of the Bihar Police filed last month against Hans and Yadav on charges of corruption and alleged possession of disproportionate assets.
The case was registered on September 14 based on information shared by the ED with the SVU.
"A team of SVU officials is examining the information provided by the central probe agency. Around 14 people, including Hans, Yadav and their family members have been named as accused in the FIR," said a senior official on condition of anonymity.
The SVU will also seek their custody for a thorough interrogation.
Hans was transferred to the General Administration Department of the state government in August, following the earlier round of ED searches against him.