Koda aide sent to ED custody; to be brought to Delhi

RANCHI/NEW DELHI: A court here today sent Vikash Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, to ten days in the custody of Enforcement Directorate.

Vikash, who was remanded to a day's judicial custody yesterday, will now be taken to the Enforcement Directorate's headquarters in the national capital for interrogation soon.

Vikash, brother of another Koda aide Binod Sinha, has been charged under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and other provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act by the ED.

He will be taken to Delhi for interrogation to probe charge of money laundering on behalf of Koda, Binod Sinha and others, sources said.

The ED meanwhile has also written to the Bureau of Immigration to alert all airports for the look-out notices it has issued for Binod Sinha and Sanjay Chowdhury.

"They are still not with us. Look out notices have been issued", sources said.

According to the ED, Vikash, in his Income Tax returns, mentioned Rs 5,66,526 as income during 2006-07 and quadrupled to Rs 24 lakh during 2007-08 and also accepted during questioning that he carried a cash of Rs 40 crore from Ranchi to Kolkata and transferred the money for alleged hawala transaction on behalf of his brother Binod and Koda.