Soren's aide raided in search for Koda's wealth

Ranchi: The income tax department on Tuesday conducted raids on several top officials, including Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren's private secretary M L Pal, in connection with the Rs 4,000 crore money laundering scam involving former chief minister Madhu Koda.

Raids were being conducted in about 70 places in several states, including West Bengal and Bihar, officials said.

Amongst those whose properties were being raided were Soren's personal secretary Pal, two former chiefs of Jharkhand electricity board V.N. Pandey and S M Verma as well as retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) bureaucrat and former mines secretary Jaishankar Tiwari.