In what can only be bad news for politicians and others who were allegedly paid huge sums of money by Madhu Koda and his aides Binod Sinha and Sanjay Choudhary.

Devendra Mukhia, an alleged aide of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, today surrendered before the Income Tax department here which wants to probe his involvement in the alleged hawala and illegal investments case.

Madhu Koda, allegedly at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, may be arrested and put through a narco test, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) indicated Friday.

Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, under the scanner for allegedly amassing over Rs.2,000 crore (Rs.20 bn / $425 mn)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.

The vigilance department has filed an FIR against Jharkhand's former chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and three of his former cabinet colleagues on the charge of illegally amassing money when they were in power.