n The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former member of Indian Nursing Council Mahesh Chand Sharma and his son Mohit Sharma, both residents of Jaipur, in a money laundering case relating to possession of disproportionate assets by a public servant.
A designated PMLA Court at Jaipur on Friday granted 10-day custody of both the accused to the ED.
The ED had initiated investigation on the basis of FIR and charge sheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jaipur against Sharma, his sons Mohit, Ankit Sharma, his wife Meena Devi and others.
Mahesh Chand Sharma had worked in Health and Medical department of Rajasthan Government as Nursing tutor, College of Nursing, SMS Medical College and was also a Member of India Nursing Council (INC), New Delhi.
He along with his associate was trapped by officers of ACB for accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakhs from a nursing institute for adding the name of the institute on the website of INC. Investigation conducted by the State ACB established that the accused had amassed illicit earnings worth Rs 10.60 crore which was 372 percent more than his known/legal source of income, the ED said in a statement.