Enforcement Directorate(ED) arrested IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan late last night, after questioning him for 10 hours in Army Land Scam case. Accused IAS officer Ranjan is presently posted as Secretary, Social Welfare department and has served as Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi district. Earlier, the central probe agency had conducted raids at several locations of
Ranjan on 13th April.
The agency had recovered several documents and strong evidence against him in the Army land scam case. The ED had summoned the tainted officer twice in this case. The ED has also arrested seven people involved in the land scam case prior to the IAS officer's arrest.