Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached properties worth Rs 55.57 Crore in a case of cheating the investors dishonestly across Jharkhand and other states by a real estate company, SanjeevaniBuildconPvt. Ltd. The attached assets include 98 immovable properties situated at Ranchi in Jharkhand and three commercial shops at Raipur in Chhatisgarh.
ED sources said that other than immovable properties bank balances in form of fixed deposits in name of SanjeevaniBuildconPvt. Ltd. and its directors and their relatives namely Jayant DayalNand, his wife Anita DayalNand, another Director Shyam Kishore Gupta and RanjanaShrivastav wife of one of the Directors namely Prakash Prasad Lala.
The ED initiated investigations on the basis of FIR registered by CBI Ranchi and chargesheet has been filed against SanjeevaniBuildconPvt. Ltd. and others.
The ED investigation has revealed that company and its directors cheated a large number of people of Jharkhand by inducing them by way of publication of misleading advertisements through various media channels and public canvassing which resulted into receipt of payments from the investors through cheque, cash towards purported sale of plots of land, constructed house.
The directors of the company had opened a large number of bank accounts in the name of company as well as in their name for the purpose of laundering of such funds. A large part of proceeds of crime was also withdrawn in cash by the accused persons for depositing the same in their personal accounts which was further projected as untainted. In this connection, ED had earlier attached assets worth Rs. 3.10 Crore in the name of the company and its directors which was subsequently confirmed by PMLA Adjudicating Authority.
During the course of investigation, one of its directors namely Shyam Kishore Gupta was arrested in March last year. ED so far has submitted chargesheet against eight accused persons and entities. Besides, ED also issued look out circular against the absconding accused Nandy, the mastermind of this scam.