RANCHI, March 22 -- Leader of the Opposition, Babulal Marandi, on Sunday fired off a scathing letter to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), targeting Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rajiv Lochan Bakshi. The letter alleges a massive financial scandal within the Ranchi Forest Division between 2013 and 2018.

Marandi's formal complaint, backed by a Principal Accountant General (Audit) report, paints a grim picture of systemic embezzlement.

"I wish to draw your attention to the organised corruption... which, prima facie, falls under the category of criminal breach of trust and embezzlement," Marandi wrote to Additional Director General of Police, ACB, Priya Dubey.

The crux of the allegation lies in the mysterious disappearance of financia...