Koda gets another day in hospital, his aides sing

SICK BAY PRIVELEGE: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda skips the law in hospital.

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Ranchi: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, facing arrest after for an alleged multi-crore corruption and money laundering racket, will remain in hospital due to a stomach upset, doctors at the Apollo hospital in said on Saturday.

"The team of doctors will again review the health condition of Koda in a day or two and decide on his discharge," said Javed Akhtar, the hospital spokesperson.

Koda, independent MP from Singhbhum, faces arrest after the Income Tax department (IT) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) exposed the alleged scam running into thousands of crores. Koda was hospitalized on November 3 once it became clear that he would be arrested.

"Right now we cannot specify the amount. But we have come across documents and information related to huge investments in Liberia, Thailand, Malaysia, Dubai and other countries," said Ujjawal Choudhary, director of investigation with the Income Tax department, on Saturday

"The IT and ED are together investigating the case and sharing documents seized from people during raids," he said.

The ED on Friday arrested Vikas Sinha, the brother of Vinod Sinha, the alleged kingpin of the illegal transactions.

According to sources, Vikas has admitted to sending Rs 40 crore abroad for Koda.

The ED sources say that they have found undisclosed assets worth Rs 11.8 crore with Vikas. According to IT officials, Vinod allegedly sent Rs 550 crore through hawala to countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Liberia.

The IT department had on November 2 asked Vinod, Sanjay Kumar Choudhary, Devendra Mukhiya, Basant Bhattacharya, Manoj Punamiya and Anil Bastawde to appear before it by 11 a.m. on Friday. None of them turned up.

On October 9, the Enforcement Directorate lodged a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Koda, three more former ministers as well as his associates Vinod and Chaudhary.