Sat Mar 22 16:25:20 UTC 2025: ## Patna Railway Claims Tribunal Scam: ED Attaches ₹8 Crore in Properties

**Patna, Bihar – March 22, 2025** – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 24 immovable properties worth ₹8.02 crore in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Patna Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) scam. A prosecution complaint has been filed seeking the confiscation of these properties and the conviction of several accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The ED’s investigation, stemming from FIRs filed by the CBI and ACB, Patna, revealed a massive fraud involving the siphoning off of compensation money awarded in accidental death claims. The agency alleges that advocates Bidyanand Singh, Parmanand Sinha, Kumari Rinki Sinha, Archana Sinha, Vijay Kumar, Nirmala Kumari, and Harijag Business and Development Pvt Ltd. conspired to defraud claimants.

Singh and his associates allegedly handled approximately 900 cases where Judge R.K. Mittal issued decrees, totaling approximately ₹50 crore in compensation. The ED alleges that they illegally accessed claimants’ bank accounts, transferring ₹10.27 crore to their own accounts. These funds were then used to acquire the 24 properties located in Patna, Nalanda, Gaya, and New Delhi.

Singh, Parmanand Sinha, and Kumar have been arrested and are currently in judicial custody. The ED has stated that the investigation is ongoing. The Special Court (PMLA), Patna, has taken cognizance of the ED’s complaint.

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