Ranchi: Bachchu Yadav is a criminal. There are many cases registered against him in Sahibganj for murder, extortion and possession of illegal weapons. He is working for Pankaj Mishra and is involved in illegal mining. This has been mentioned in the press release issued by the ED after Bachchu Yadav was produced in the court on Friday.

Earlier, the court of PML Special Judge PK Sharma ordered to give six-day police remand to stone trader Bacchu Yadav. After the ED arrested Bacchu Yadav on Thursday evening, he was produced in the PMLA court on Friday. Bachchu and Dahu Yadav have hired the cargo ship that ED has seized.

In a release issued by the ED, it has been said that Bacchu Yadav is an aide of Pankaj Mishra, arrested on charges of money laundering. During the investigation of money laundering case, ED has come to know about money laundering of more than Rs 100 crore with the help of illegal mining in Sahibganj. This action of ED has been done in the money laundering case on the basis of the FIR registered at Barharwa police station.

At present, the investigation of various aspects of money laundering of 100 crores is going on. The release said that Rs 5.34 crore in cash was seized during the raids in Sahibganj in the past. Apart from this, Rs 13.32 crore lying in the bank accounts of the people related to the case has also been seized. During the operation in Sabihganj, ED had seized stone crushers and three big trucks, besides a cargo water ship.

On Friday, ED officials produced Bacchu Yadav in the court in the second shift. Requested to give him on 10 days police remand. After this, the court ordered to send the accused to judicial custody for 14 days. After this, the hearing was held on the petition given by the ED for police remand.

In this, the court was told on behalf of the ED that the accused is an accused of money laundering. Its premises were raided in the past. In this information related to money laundering was found. After the raid, he was summoned for questioning. At first he appeared. After that he asked for time to appear again.

However, after that he did not appear. He is not cooperating in the investigation, so it is necessary to interrogate him on remand. The court ordered the accused to be given six days' police remand for hearing ED's argument. After that he was sent to jail.

The interrogation of the CM's press advisor Abhishek alias Pintu in the ED office continued for the third day. He appeared at the ED office around 12.30 pm for questioning. After questioning, he was released at eight o'clock in the night. ED officials on Friday also questioned him in connection with cases related to illegal mining.

During the interrogation of the first two days, in the light of the reply given by Pintu, the ED officials had directed him to give some papers. In light of this, Pintu had reached the ED office on Friday also with the necessary documents.