The officer supervised the arrest of Jharkhand Chief Minister Soren in January last year at Ranchi in an alleged land scam case.The JMM leader met the governor at Raj Bhavan and resigned from his post before being taken into custody by the ED.Raj was present during this meeting, soon after which his team took him into custody.Few months later in March 2024, the officer reached the Flag Staff Road residence of the then Delhi chief minister Kejriwal following ED searches at his government bungalow.Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and Raj was present while the arrest memo was prepared and served on the AAP supremo.The officer used to prepare and vet questionnaires for these high-profile political arrestees and he was known to visit search locations many a times to closely monitor the investigation and boost the morale of his teams, a senior ED officer said.Raj, a B.Tech (Electronics) graduate, headed the Ranchi zone of the ED as its joint director.He also supervised some high-profile investigations of the agency that were undertaken by the headquarters investigation unit (HIU) that probes politically sensitive and complex cases.While being posted in Mumbai as a deputy director of the ED, the officer also investigated money laundering cases against diamantaire duo Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi apart from DHFL and Iqbal Mirchi cases.Raj hails from a middle class family based in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the official said.
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