ED raids locations linked to Haryana Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh in Mahendragarh

Sources said the ED team was also searching the locations of a metal fabricating company, Allied Strips Limited (ASL), and its promoters Mohhinder Agrawal, Gaurav Agrawal and a few others as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged Rs 1,392 crore worth bank loan fraud case. About 15 locations were being searched across Haryana’s Bahadurgarh, Rewari, Mahendragarh and Gurgaon. The ED has reportedly found that certain companies owned by Rao Dan Singh’s son took loans from this ASL which were later written off.

Mahendragarh MLA Rao Dan Singh contested the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh seat as a Congress nominee. He, however, lost to the BJP’s Dharambir Singh, who won for a third consecutive time (2014, 2019 and 2024) from this seat. According to Rao Dan Singh’s election affidavit, he faced no cases against him.

Incidentally, the searches occurred two days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a well-attended Samman Sammelan for backward classes organised by the Haryana government in Mahendragarh.

According to preliminary information, Rao Dan Singh’s family’s name cropped up in the ED’s investigation into the infamous Adarsh Cooperative Society scam. In 2019, the ED’s Jaipur branch took over the investigation in this case. The investigations revealed the names of a company that had purchased land assets in Haryana’s Rewari, Mahendragarh, and Narnaul areas. Over 100 people appeared on the ED’s radar in the case, including Rao Dan Singh’s son Akshat Rao.

During his Lok Sabha election campaign, Rao Dan Singh said his family had no connection with this case, and the case against his son had also been closed. He also mentioned that his son’s name figured in the ED’s investigation due to a transaction with a company and he had no role in the alleged scam.

Ahmedabad-based Mukesh Modi and Rahul Modi were named as prime accused in the Adarsh scam.