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Altogether 15 persons including Thakur were behind bars in the case of which five were arrested by CBI. During the course of investigation, if ED gets evidences of money laundering even by those who are not accused in the case but were associated with Thakur, they also would be brought in the ambit of investigation,” ED sources said.Presently, the children home rape is being investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). These details were gathered by Muzaffarpur police on orders of the then SSP Harpreet Kaur ED sources said that probability are high that their detailed investigation would result unearthing of more movable and immovable property.“We would not only contain till Thakur. However, the money received by Thakur was diverted for other worksED sources said that the ECIR was presently lodged against Thakur and others who were made accused in the rape case in an FIR lodged with the Women’s police station in Muzaffarpur on May 31 this year.“EOU sent us a proposal with details of properties worth at least Rs 2.65 crore which he had allegedly amassed from misusing the government funds,” ED sources said.EOU’s proposal had details of 12 land plots on name of Thakur which he had purchased over the period of time soon after he started getting government funds. PATNA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged an enforcement case information report (ECIR) in Patna on Wednesday for initiating investigation for money laundering against Brajesh Thakur and other accused in the Muzaffarpur government children home rape case The ECIR was lodged on basis of proposal sent by Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of state police which had provided details of immovable property worth Rs 2.65 crore of Thakur in Muzaffarpur mere a week back.Thakur is the owner of the NGO named Sewa Sankalp Ewam Vikash Samiti which was running the children home at Soha Road in Muzaffarpur town.Altogether 34 out of the 44 minor girls were allegedly raped inside the home in which Thakur is prime accused.Apart from the children home, Thakur was also running a shelter home for women in the same area.He was getting huge grants from the state government against these two home..