Kapil Raj, the ED officer who arrested two Chief Ministers, resigns from service

The report further said that the former IRS officer attributed “personal reasons” for his resignation from service where he had about 15 more years to serve, given the age of superannuation is 60.

Who is former IRS Officer Kapil Raj?

Raj, a former ED officer, known for supervising the arrests of two chief ministers under the anti-money laundering law. He served in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for about eight years. Recently, he completed his deputation in the federal anti-money laundering agency. As per PTI report, he was posted as an Additional Commissioner in the GST Intelligence wing in Delhi till he resigned. A BTech (Electronics) graduate, Raj hails from Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Kapil Raj role in arrest of two Chief Ministers

Kapil Raj supervised the arrest of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in January last year at Ranchi in an alleged land scam case. Soren met the governor at Raj Bhavan and resigned from his post before being taken into custody by the ED. Kapil was present during this meeting, soon after which his team took him into custody, reports PTI.

Later in March, the officer reached the Flag Staff Road residence of the then Delhi chief minister Arvind 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.

According to PTI, 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.

Kapil Raj investigated cases against Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi

While posted in Mumbai, Raj also investigated money laundering cases against diamantaire duo Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi apart from DHFL and Iqbal Mirchi cases.

(With inputs from PTI)