On 23 September 2025 in the Ranchi Land Scam case, ED raided 9 locations in Ranchi and Delhi. The matter is being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The raids were held mainly at the locations of Brajesh Kumar Singh and the people associated with it, who are considered the mastermind of this entire scam.

The Jharkhand Police had registered several FIRs against this land grabbing syndicate. On the basis of these FIR, the ED started investigation. Investigation revealed that the accused used to make fake documents with government officials, especially circle officers. With the help of these fake documents, those tribal land, government land and Bhuinri land which could not be sold, were buying and selling them illegally.

ED had earlier arrested the main accused in this case on 26 July 2024. Rs 1.02 crore cash and 100 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from his house. In this case, the ED has filed a charge sheet against Kamlesh and five others in Special PMLA Court, Ranchi.

In the recent raids, the ED has found documents and digital devices related to a large amount of fake land deal. Along with this, Rs 59 lakh cash was also seized. At present, the investigation of this case is going on and it is expected that further big revelations may be made.

The raids were conducted by the ED in Kanke Resort in Kanke, Sukhdev Nagar, Kadru, Bariatu and Ashok Nagar of Ratu Road. Here, the general plot was shown by making a fake documents of the tribal land and later it was purchased.

Earlier on 10 July 2024, the ED team verified the disputed land in the Kanke Zone area. During that time, the team not only investigated documents related to CNT and government land, but also met the local people and also recorded their statements.

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