ED arrests 3 advocates in Patna Railway Claims Tribunal 'fraud' case

New Delhi, The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has arrested three advocates in a money laundering case linked to alleged siphoning of compensation sanctioned by the Railway Claims Tribunal in Patna. The federal agency said in a statement that it recently raided four locations related to Judge R K Mittal and some advocates in Patna and Nalanda in Bihar, and Mangaluru in Karnataka.

Three advocates Bidyanand Singh, Parmanand Sinha and Vijay Kumar were arrested on Wednesday for the offence of money laundering related to this "scam". The three have been sent to judicial custody by a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Patna, the agency said.