Fomer minister, Babu Singh Kushwaha,, who was already in jail in connection with multi-crore rupees scam in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) faced further trouble when the sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), who were probing money laundering charges against him, had seized his property worth over Rs 4.25 crore in Gomati Nagar, on Thursday morning.
Sources said that ED collected information of some more properties of Kushwaha and his family members and they would soon go ahead and seize them. ED also issued notices to Kushwaha, his wife Shivkanya, one MlC from Saharanpur, and 25 others, against whom they were probing money laundering charges. ED had registered Enforcement Case Information Report) against Kushwaha and 14 others. CBI had also registered 15 separate cases regarding NRHM scam.
Sources said that the information about Kushwaha’s property which has been collected so far included Axis Private limited, KK Jain Trust, Bloom Relators and Hospitality, Vidya Shakti Cement Private limited, Axis Institute of learning Private limited, Thathagat Siksha Samiti, Bhagwat PD Educational and Welfare Trust, Shyam Ganga Builders Private limited, etc. Besides, Suman Gupta, Gaya Prasad Kushwaha, one MlC of Saharanpur, Babu Singh’s wife Shivkanya, names have been also included in the list which in under scrutiny of ED sleuths.
On Thursday, ED seized the plot in Vibhuti Khand at Gomatinagar, which reportedly belongs to Kushwaha. ED team earlier sought a reply in connection with the above plot but when no one responded, it went ahead and confiscated the property.
It may be mentioned that Kushwaha’s assets on paper were shown as worth Rs 60 crore. However ED probe pointed that Kushwaha had invested big money in 10 big industrial houses spread in Kolkata, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad etc. Kushwaha, had also entered into partnership with a former MlA and a MlC while investing money in the said companies. Further investigations are on in the case.