The ED has filed a chargesheet against five top Maoist leaders of Bihar for laundering extortion money to the tune of over Rs 3.5 crore. The chargehseeted Maoists include Pradumn Sharma (in-charge of Magadh Zone of CPI Maoists), Sandeep Yadav (leader of CPI Maoists), Binay Yadav (top commander and active member of Bihar Regional Committee of CPI Maoist), Musafir Sahni and Anil Ram (both top maoist leaders of north Bihar) under PMLA Act.
The ED has chargesheeted Pradumn Sharma and others and attached immovable properties with registered value of Rs 2.85 crore including JCB, SUVs and buses. The present market value of these immovable properties is of several crore rupees, the ED said.
The agency has attached properties worth Rs 68 lakh of Sharma, assets worth Rs 86 lakh of Sandeep Yadav, Rs 54.14 lakh of Musafir Sahni and assets of Rs 77 lakh of Anil Ram and Binay Yadav.
The ED probe has further revealed that Sharma had laundered extortion money of Rs 2 crore layered through several bank accounts which was ultimately invested in immovable properties in the name of his family members. A part of extortion money was used for admission of Sharma’s niece in a prominent medical college where the annual fees was to the tune of Rs 24 lakh.
Binay Yadav has also been found laundering extortion money to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore using several bank accounts and the laundered money was ultimately used for acquiring movable and immovable properties, the agency said.
Musafir Sahni has also laundered extortion money and the same was invested in 11 plots of land in Vaishali in the name of his family members. Anil Ram had used extortion money in the acquisition of six immovable properties and truck in benami names.