He is son of Industrialist & social worker of the erstwhile Chotanagpur (division of State of Bihar, now Jharkhand) Late Shri Rai Sahab Baldeo Sahu, who was also involved in freedom struggle.
In December 2023, the Income Tax Department conducted several raids on Sahu's premises across districts in Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal and over ₹353 crore (US$41 million) cash and gold has been seized.
[5] The authorities had to deploy a significant strength of officials and cash-counting machines to count the seized cash.
[6] Indian National Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the party "is in no way connected with the businesses" of Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, the MP in whose premises the IT department uncovered the cash stack.
[7] Sahu responded to the raid by saying that the money was related to his liquor firm and had nothing to do with the Congress or other parties.