The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable property in the form of seized cash amounting to Rs 80 lakh in a money laundering case related to corruption and criminal misconduct by MP Dixit, the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL).
Dixit had allegedly demanded and agreed to accept illegal gratification of Rs 1 crore for illegally favouring a private entity Maruti Clean Coal & Power Ltd. (MCCPL).
Investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was initiated on the basis of the FIR registered by CBI, Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)-II, New Delhi under Indian Penal Code Section relating to criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Dixit, Vijendra Singh, Surojit Samanta, VN Singh, Bajrang Lal Aggrawal, Ram Avatar Aggarwal, Sanjay Singh, Vinod Baid and Naveen Sharma.
“Investigation under PMLA revealed that accused MP Dixit, the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL), had demanded and agreed to accept illegal gratification of Rs 1 crore for illegally favouring a private entity namely Maruti Clean Coal & Power Ltd. (MCCPL). MP Dixit in connivance with others, through a maze of events, attempted to indulge in acquisition of Rs 80 Lacs as part payment which was received by VN Singh on behalf and instructions of MP Dixit. The amount of Rs 80 Lacs acquired as a result of criminal activities related to the scheduled offence of criminal conspiracy and corruption, being proceeds of crime, has been provisionally attached under PMLA,” it said, adding, further investigation is under progress.