Who is Algir Alam who was arrested by ED?Alamgir Alam is a congress mla from Pakur assembly of Jharkhand. He is the leader of the congress legislative party. Has been the speaker of jharkhand Assembly. He has also been a minister in undivided Bihar. He is holding the post of Rural Development minister in the government of Champai Soren of Jharkhand. Earlier on tuesday, ED had called congress leader Alamgir Alam for questioning in the money laundering case, after which he was interrogated for several hours.Last week, the ED had arrested Alamgir Alam Alam's PA and State Administrative service officer sanjeev kumar Lal (52) and domestic help Jahangir Alam (42) after seizing more than Rs 32 crore in cash from a flat belonging to them. minister Alam was asked to appear at the ED regional office in ranchi on tuesday to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The money laundering investigation pertains to alleged irregularities in the state rural development department.Who is Alamgir Alam?Alamgir Alam, who is holding the post of Rural Development minister in Champai Soren's government, was born in the house of Sanaul Haq and Amina Khatun in Islampur village of Barhadwa block of Sahibganj district. He was married to Nishat Alam. Alamgir Alam has two children. Coming from a farming family, Alam is a B.Sc. He was elected as mla in the years 2000, 2005, 2014 and 2019. In politics, he considers Pandit jawahar Lal Nehru and rajiv gandhi as his ideals. In the year 1978, Alamgir Alam had won the election of Sarpanch from his home Panchayat Maharajpur. After this, he became increasingly active in politics and reached the post of minister. Alamgir Alam's son Tanveer Alam is also a politician. congress has made him state vice president.
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