Madhu Koda a good friend: key accused Vinod Sinha

November 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reacting to allegations against former chief minister Madhu Koda for amassing wealth illegally, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said nobody was above law and that his government will take necessary action as warranted. "The law will take its own course.

November 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda today ducked IT interrogation by getting himself admitted to Ranchi Apollo Hospital in pretext of acute stomach pain. Meanwhile, Commissioner of Income Tax, Jharkhand Circle, Anjani Kumar has said Koda was not cooperating with them in investigations of the Hawala scam.

November 3rd, 2009 RANCHI/NEW DELHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, under the scanner for allegedly amassing over Rs.2,000 crore (Rs.20 billion / $425 million) illegally, was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Apollo Hospital in Ranchi as raids continued at his premises for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday. Income Tax (IT) officials were questioning Koda at his Ranchi residence when he said that he was feeling uneasy.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any Independent member for the position. "Supporting Madhu Koda government was a blunder.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is faced with allegations of corruption, was interrogated on camera Monday while the Income Tax department (IT) and enforcement directorate officials continued searches in cities across the country for the third day Monday. The IT officials were questioning Koda on camera so that his statements are recorded on video for proof.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department of the Jharkhand government will approach the Income Tax (IT) department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to get details of the raids conducted against former chief minister Madhu Koda, who is facing corruption charges, an official said here Monday. "We will seek the help of IT and ED to get details of raids conducted against Koda and his associates Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary.

November 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister and Lok Sabha MP Madhu Koda, who faces allegations of largescale corruption, is the son of a labourer whose family was once steeped in dire poverty. Born in Patahatu village in West Singhbhum district, Koda, now 38, also worked as a labourer for a while in Jharkhand's rural parts before he decided to embrace politics.

November 1st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax Department raided houses and offices of two mediapersons and personal secretaries of former Jharkhand chief ministers Shibu Soren and Madhu Koda against whom a disproportionate assets charge was being probed, an official said Sunday. The IT department and the Enforcement Directorate jointly raided houses of personal secretaries Harendra Singh of Madhu Koda and M.N.

November 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Income tax officials on Sunday continued raids at the addresses linked with former Jharkhand chief ministers Madhu Koda and Shibu Soren. On Saturday, the IT and Enforcement Directorate officials raided 70 addresses associated with Koda in order to strengthen a money laundering case against him.

November 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Income Tax department on Sunday reportedly claimed that it has found evidence of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's link to "unaccounted" money transactions amounting to Rs 400 crore. Earlier in the day, Income tax officials continued the raids being conducted at several addresses linked with Koda.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax Department Saturday conducted raids at the various homes of former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda, an official said. The official said the IT department was conducting raids at different places in seven Indian cities.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The income tax (IT) department, which is probing a disproportionate assets allegation against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and his associates, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight cities and discovered documents relating to illegal transactions worth Rs.2,000 crore, an official said. "In the Mumbai raid, we have come across documents which indicates that Rs.300 crore to Rs.400 crore were sent to foreign countries through different mediums including hawala.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax Department, which is probing a disproportionate assets charge against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight Indian states, an official said. "We are conducting search operation at 70 places of eight cities of the country.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax department on Saturday conducted nationwide raids at 70 addresses linked to former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and others allegedly involved in unaccounted money transaction during his term. Addressing a press conference in Ranchi, Income Tax Director of Investigation, Ujjwal Choudhary, said: "Search operations are being held at the places related to Madhu Koda, Vinod Kumar Sinha and Sanjay Chowdhary.

July 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department in Jharkhand Thursday lodged criminal cases against former chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and three former state ministers for amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income. "The FIRs (first information reports) have been lodged against Madhu Koda and three former ministers Bandhu Tirkey, Kamlesh Singh and Bhanu Pratap Sahi under different sections of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) and Prevention of Corruption Act," said V.K.