The federal agency has attached immovable properties of five companies – Akinchan Developers Pvt Ltd, Indo Metal Impex Pvt Ltd, Paryas Infosolutions Pvt Ltd, Mangalayatan Projects Pvt Ltd and JJ Ideal Estate Pvt Ltd and three persons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. 2002 in case of disproportionate assets.
The agency said that during 2015-16, when Jain was a public servant, these companies “owned and controlled by him” received a total of 4.81 crore housing entries from shell companies, while Kolkata-based entry operators got access to hawala routes. was transferred through cash. Statement.
These amounts were used for outright purchase of land or for repayment of loans taken for purchase of agricultural land in and around Delhi. “Accordingly, immovable properties worth `4.81 crore in the form of land belonging to the above companies/individuals are provisionally attached…”
The ED had launched a money laundering probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in August 2017 on the basis of a criminal case registered against Jain and some others under sections 109 (abetment of a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and prevention of corruption. Work.
Jain is accused of setting up or buying several shell companies in Delhi during 2009-2011. He is also accused of laundering `16.39 crore in black money through 54 shell companies of three hawala operators in Kolkata during 2011-2016.
He then received the same amount in the form of cheques, allegedly through hawala operators, and used the money to buy agricultural land in the name of companies controlled by him in the vicinity of unorganized colonies over the past five years.
The CBI had registered another case in May 2018 against Jain and SK Srivastava, the then engineer-in-chief of PWD-Delhi, who had probed alleged irregularities in the recruitment of creative teams in PWD. The department reportedly hired 24 architects for a creative wing through an agency, which reportedly lacked any prior experience.
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