ED attaches Rs 14-cr assets in Srijan scam

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 30

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said today that it had issued a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to seize property worth Rs 14.32 crore belonging to NGO Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited (SMVSSL) and others in the case relating to alleged embezzlement of government funds.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED are investigating the case involving the NGO after an alleged embezzlement of government funds to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore was reported in 2017

“The attached assets include 20 flats in Noida, Ghaziabad, Pune, Ranchi, Bhagalpur and Patna, 19 shops in Noida, Ghaziabad and Bhagalpur, 33 plots or houses in Bihar, a Volkswagen car and bank balance to the tune of Rs 4.84 crore,” the ED said in a statement.

The agency slapped money laundering charges in the case on the basis of a CBI FIR. The CBI has already filed multiple charge sheets in the case.