PATNA, March 21 -- The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) has constituted special team to monitor and investigate all government tenders in the state, officials said on Friday. A five-member special team led by EOU SP will monitor the tendering process of all departments. For the first time, such an arrangement has been made in EOU regarding the monitoring of government tenders. EOU SP Pankaj Kumar on Friday told reporters that information received about continuous irregularities in inviting and disposal of government schemes going on in various departments. An special team has been constituted to control them and verify the information received and take proactive action. The SP said that the investigation in the case related to illegal mining is going on in seventeen districts. The investigation found that the provision of OTP authentication was ignored in other procedures, including tenders in mining software. Through this, the capping of about a hundred licensees was increased, which has resulted in a loss of revenue of Rs.350 crore. Altogether 62 cases have been registered in all districts related to illegal sand mining, which are also being investigated by the EOU. The special team's primary job will be to monitor and check such cases and take necessary action after verifying them, he added. EOU has referred two cases to Enforcement Directorate Prevention lodged under Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA), SP said and added that the EOU has provided information with regard to money laundering of Rs.21 crore. Besides, two cases have been under investigation in ED, he said adding that the matter is under investigation at present....