New Delhi, April 21 (). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has arrested a man named former naib tehsildar Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot in a money laundering case involving revenue officials and others, who allegedly siphoned off Rs 99 in the name of ineligible villagers and outsiders. Wrongly allotted shares of Panchayat land in Sionk village in SAS Nagar, Punjab of more than 500 acres.
The ED had initiated a PMLA case on the basis of an FIR registered by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. A charge sheet was also filed by the Vigilance Bureau against Dhoot and others.
ED said- Investigation has revealed that revenue officials, Dhoot and others had wrongly allotted Shamlat land in Seonk village in the name of six villagers. Thereafter the power of attorney was obtained from these villagers by the private property dealers and on the basis of that the property dealers sold the land of Shamlat to the ineligible villagers and some outsiders in connivance with the revenue officials.
The idea of sale was shared by property dealers and revenue officials after giving a small amount to the villagers from whom the power of attorney was taken.
During the course of investigation, bank accounts maintained by Dhoot in the name of him and his family members were examined and unexplained credits of over Rs 15 crore including cash credit of around Rs 8 crore were found.
Investigation revealed that Dhoot had received money into the bank accounts of his relatives from friends and relatives of the ultimate purchaser and/or the beneficial owners of the Shamlat land.
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