The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has attached assets on money laundering charges worth `7.33 crore of a former Income Tax Department officer Andasu Ravinder who was compulsorily retired by the Union Government a few years back on charges of corruption.
Five immovable properties of Andasu Ravinder have been provisionally frozen as per an order issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on September 30.
Ravinder, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1991 batch, last served as an Additional Director of the Income Tax (I-T) department in Chennai.
He was arrested by the CBI in August, 2011, when an alleged bribe amount of `50 lakh was being delivered at his residence.
Ravinder was compulsorily retired from service, along with a number of other I-T department officers, on charges of corruption by the Union finance ministry in 2019 under Section 56 J of Central Civil Services Conduct Rules.
The money laundering case was filed against the officer on the basis of a CBI FIR against him which which claimed that "during the check period from 01.01.2005 to 29.08.2011 disproportionate assets (DA) of more than ` 2.32 crore was generated by the former I-T department officer and his wife Kavitha Andasu."
The CBI had said the DA of the couple was 171.41 per cent more than their known sources of income.