The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted searches in multiple states, including in Bihar on premises linked to an RJD MLA, as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged funds embezzlement at a state cooperative bank, official sources said. About 18 premises in Bihar, West Bengal (Kolkata), Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are being searched, they said.<\/p>\n
These include premises linked to RJD MLA and former Bihar minister Alok Kumar Mehta (58) who is the promoter of the Bihar-based Vaishali Shahri Vikas (VSV) Cooperative Bank apart from some other linked entities, the sources said.<\/p>\n
The money laundering investigation stems from some state police FIRs filed against the bank and its office-bearers for alleged embezzlement of funds worth about Rs 85 crore, they said.<\/p>\n
The RBI had carried out a verification of the bank and identified the alleged diversion of the bank funds, the sources said.<\/p>\n
Mr Mehta is an MLA from the Ujiarpur seat of Bihar and is a senior politician of the Lalu Prasad Yadav led Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). He has earlier served as the minister for revenue and land reforms in the state.<\/p>\n
No immediate reaction was available from him or the party.<\/p>\n
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