New Delhi:A diary belonging to former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda shows names of various politicians with monetary transactions with them. A case was registered against
Koda and eight others by the Enforcement Directorate of IT department on October
10 for alleged money laundering, diversion of state funds and indulging in huge
illegal investments abroad. The diary also has a name Lalu written on it. Transactions
have been made on his name also. "Fortunately the investigation is going towards
the right direction. We have the list of names from the diary. We have extracted
the names of some politicians who have been beneficiary like Lalu's name was written
in the diary. That is a part of the High Court's record. "We cannot say who exactly
is Lalu but he must be someone who is behind making or damaging the government.
Payments must have been made to him," said Rajeev Kumar, a lawyer of the Ranchi
High Court. However, RJD chief Lalu Prasad told reporters that investigations
should be carried out on all those whose names are mentioned in the diary. "It's
good. If the diary has been found, investigations should be carried out on all
those people whose names are mentioned in the diary's pages. It shows everyone
must have been part of this crime," said Lalu Prasad. Officials of the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) of India's Income Tax (IT) Department have sealed Koda's residence
at Ranchi. Later, Koda complained of health complications such as pain in his
abdomen, giddiness, nausea, and vomiting, and was admitted in a city hospital
on Tuesday (November 03). The former state chief minister has been shifted from
ICU to general ward on Thursday (November 05). The ED has asked the hospital management
not to discharge the former chief without informing them.
