<p> Former Jharkhand Minister Anosh Ekka has been convicted by a Jharkhand court on money-laundering charges in connection with the PMLA case against former Chief Minister Madhu Koda and others, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>They said the quantum of sentence for Ekka will be pronounced by the Ranchi court on March 31.</p>.<p>Ekka, a former minister in the cabinet of former CM Koda, has been convicted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).</p>.<p>The case pertains to the money-laundering probe involving Koda and others and was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate in September 2009 in which a number of arrests were made and assets worth hundreds of crores were attached.</p>.<p>This is the 11th conviction under the law enacted in 2002 and implemented from 2005.</p>.<p>Ekka has served as the rural development minister in the Koda Cabinet from 2006-08.</p>.<p>In 2014, ED had attached assets worth Rs 100 crore (market value) linked to him.</p>.<p>CBI earlier accused Ekka, his wife and others of possessing a disproportionate wealth of Rs 17 crore, allegedly acquired during his ministerial term in the Koda dispensation.</p>.<p>Ekka has represented Kolebira in Simdega district of Jharkhand as an MLA. The seat falls under the Khunti parliamentary constituency. He then represented Jharkhand Party (JKP).</p>.<p>Koda, Ekka, and others were being investigated by ED under PMLA charges for alleged possession of disproportionate assets and money laundering.</p>.<p>This is the second PMLA conviction in the Koda case as in 2017, former Jharkhand Minister Hari Narayan Rai was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5 lakh by a special court in Ranchi.</p>.<p>The ED had taken over this case after taking cognisance of a number of Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau FIRs and filed multiple charge sheets under PMLA.</p>
<p> Former Jharkhand Minister Anosh Ekka has been convicted by a Jharkhand court on money-laundering charges in connection with the PMLA case against former Chief Minister Madhu Koda and others, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>They said the quantum of sentence for Ekka will be pronounced by the Ranchi court on March 31.</p>.<p>Ekka, a former minister in the cabinet of former CM Koda, has been convicted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).</p>.<p>The case pertains to the money-laundering probe involving Koda and others and was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate in September 2009 in which a number of arrests were made and assets worth hundreds of crores were attached.</p>.<p>This is the 11th conviction under the law enacted in 2002 and implemented from 2005.</p>.<p>Ekka has served as the rural development minister in the Koda Cabinet from 2006-08.</p>.<p>In 2014, ED had attached assets worth Rs 100 crore (market value) linked to him.</p>.<p>CBI earlier accused Ekka, his wife and others of possessing a disproportionate wealth of Rs 17 crore, allegedly acquired during his ministerial term in the Koda dispensation.</p>.<p>Ekka has represented Kolebira in Simdega district of Jharkhand as an MLA. The seat falls under the Khunti parliamentary constituency. He then represented Jharkhand Party (JKP).</p>.<p>Koda, Ekka, and others were being investigated by ED under PMLA charges for alleged possession of disproportionate assets and money laundering.</p>.<p>This is the second PMLA conviction in the Koda case as in 2017, former Jharkhand Minister Hari Narayan Rai was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5 lakh by a special court in Ranchi.</p>.<p>The ED had taken over this case after taking cognisance of a number of Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau FIRs and filed multiple charge sheets under PMLA.</p>