Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed the 5th supplementary charge sheet in the famous Rural Works Department tender scam of Jharkhand. This charge sheet was filed in the PMLA Special Court of Ranchi on 17 March 2026. In this new charge sheet, 14 engineers and officers of the department have been added as new accused. With this the total number of accused in this case has increased to 36.
The whole matter is of 2019
This case started with an FIR registered in 2019. Jamshedpur’s Anti Corruption Bureau had registered an FIR. The allegation was that bribe was being taken in exchange for awarding tender in the Rural Works Department. On the basis of this FIR, ED registered a case of money laundering and started investigation.
The game of commission in tender is exposed
ED’s investigation revealed that an organized network of taking commission was working inside the department. According to the investigation, whenever a tender was given to a contractor, a commission of about 3 percent of the total tender price was taken from him. This money was distributed among officers of different levels.
Illegal earnings of more than Rs 90 crore
The distribution of commission is said to be such that 1.35% share went to the then minister Alamgir Alam. This money was delivered through his personal secretary Sanjeev Kumar Lal. The departmental secretary used to get 0.65% to 1% share. The remaining money was distributed among the Chief Engineer and other engineers. According to ED, tenders worth about Rs 3048 crore were given through this system and the illegal earnings related to it have been estimated at more than Rs 90 crore.
ED made these officers accused
Chief Engineer (Retd) Singrai Tuti, Rajeev Lochan, Surendra Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Executive Engineer Santosh Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Ajay Tirkey, Raj Kumar Toppo, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Siddhant Kumar, Anil Kumar (Retd), Assistant Engineer Ram Pukar Ram, Ramesh Ojha (Retd), other officers Umesh Kumar (former Superintending Engineer/Engineer-in-Chief) are included.
ED has arrested 9 people
According to ED, all these officers were playing an active role in the process of collecting commission, depositing it and passing it on to the top. ED has taken many major actions during the investigation of this case. Till now 9 people have been arrested. Assets worth about Rs 44 crore have been attached. Approximately Rs 38 crore in cash has been recovered. 8 luxury vehicles have also been seized. Of the recovered cash, Rs 32.20 crore was found from locations linked to the then minister’s private secretary Sanjeev Kumar Lal. At the same time, Rs 2.93 crore was recovered from Munna Singh’s hideout.
Investigation into the case continues
At present, former minister Alamgir Alam, his personal secretary Sanjeev Kumar Lal and aide Jahangir Alam are in judicial custody. ED had till now filed 1 main charge sheet and 4 supplementary charge sheets in this case. Now after the filing of the 5th supplementary charge sheet, the investigation has intensified. Investigation of the matter is ongoing.