Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Jharkhand HC directs ED to file affidavit against Madu Koda and associates

The Jharkhand High Court directed the Enforcement Director (ED) to file an affidavit by February 23 mentioning the action taken against former chief minister Madhu Koda and three other former ministers’ chargesheeted in connection with the Disproportionate Assets case.

A division bench of Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice R R Prasad passed the order while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Durga Oraon.

During the course of argument the court also directed the vigilance department to file an affidavit stating the grounds on which the former ministers and Koda were chargesheeted.

Koda and the former ministers Kamlesh Singh, Anosh Ekka and Harinarayan Rai, facing charges in the DA case, are at present lodged in the Birsa Munda jail.

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