Harish Rawat Steps Down From Congress Posts After Cash, Gold Recovered From His PA
ED said it seized Rs 32 lakh, gold and 12 luxury wristwatches from Harish Rawat’s aide in a money-laundering probe tied to a 2016 exam case.
- On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate raided Chandan Singh Jeena, a personal assistant to former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, at multiple locations in Dehradun as part of a money laundering investigation.
- The PMLA case stems from alleged irregularities in the 2016 Gram Panchayat Vikas Adhikari Exam, where the agency claimed OMR answer sheets were "diverted" from the UKSSSC's secure custody to a private residence.
- Agents recovered Rs 32 lakh in cash, gold coins and chains weighing about 200.5 grams, and 12 luxury wristwatches including Rolex, Rado, Piaget, Movado, Tissot, and Casio Edifice from Jeena's residence.
- Authorities froze bank accounts belonging to Jeena and his family members, holding Rs 52.16 lakh, while the agency seized his mobile phone for forensic analysis.
- Jeena currently serves as a personal assistant to Rawat and previously worked as an OSD during the Congress leader's tenure as chief minister from 2014–17.
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Harish Rawat quits Cong posts after cash, jewellery seized from aide
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has announced his resignation from all party posts after the Enforcement Directorate recovered significant cash and luxury items from his personal assistant's residence.
Harish Rawat steps down from Congress posts after cash, gold recovered from his PA
Rawat, a former CM, was a member of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee executive and a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee at the national level.
Harish Rawat says he wants to quit Congress posts amid cash row, then clarifies
Harish Rawat resigned from his Congress posts after reports linked his former aide to a cash and recruitment controversy. He said he did not want any action associated with him to weaken the party's anti-corruption fight before the Uttarakhand polls.
ED searches premises of former CM Harish Rawat’s PA in 2016 VPDO exam case
The ED said it seized from Chandan Singh Jeena’s premises an “unaccounted” sum of ₹32 lakh, 13 gold coins and seven gold chains weighing about 200.5 gm, and 12 luxury wristwatches of expensive brands
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