New Delhi: The Enforcement
Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable properties
worth Rs 1.58 crore belonging to Sanjay Kumar Singh, the then Executive
Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Samastipur, Bihar
Government, his wife Pushpa Singh, and his sons Abhishek Ashish and Anunay
Ashish under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a
disproportionate asset case.
The ED had initiated money
laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered under Prevention of
Corruption Act against Singh by Bihar Police.
During the period July 15,
1987 to September 4, 2013, it was alleged that Singh had acquired huge assets,
both movable and immovable, either in his name or in the name of his family
members, which were disproportionate to his all known and legitimate sources of
income, the ED said in a statement.
“Investigation under PMLA
revealed that Sanjay Kumar Singh had made huge cash deposits in his bank
account and in the bank accounts of his family members from unexplained
sources. Sanjay Kumar Singh deposited the proceeds of crime into his bank
accounts in order to conceal the actual nature with intent to launder money and
projected it as untainted,” it said.
Meanwhile, in a separate case,
the ED has arrested absconding accused Gudem Madhav Reddy on the basis of a
Non-bailable Warrant (NBW) issued by the PMLA Special Court Hyderabad, the
agency said.
Reddy is wanted in the ongoing
trial in 2018 cases based on the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) filed by
the ED.
Reddy was produced before the
court which has remanded him to 14-day judicial custody. (Agencies)
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