The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 4.10 crore under money laundering charges in connection with the case relating to Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited (SMVSSL) and others involving financial scam of nearly Rs 1,000 crore in Bihar.
The attached immovable assets include 12 flats worth Rs 3.09 crore located in Bhagalpur, Patna and Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and five plots/houses worth Rs 87 lakh situated at Bhagalpur, Deoghar and Sitamarhi.
The movable assets attached are one Mahindra Scorpio SUV worth Rs 11.87 lakh and balances in bank accounts pegged at Rs 1.20 lakh. The NGO is facing separate CBI and ED probe for alleged embezzlement of government funds.
The ED had initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIRs registered by CBI. Money Laundering Investigation by the ED revealed that huge funds have been siphoned off from the government accounts after being illegally transferred to the bank accounts of SMVSSL, Bhagalpur, the ED said in a statement.
“SMVSSL Limited became tool for embezzling/misappropriating the Government funds in collusion with government officials, bank officials and other individuals. The money so transferred into the bank accounts of the SMVSSL was further transferred through RTGS/Cash/Cheques to various persons/entities,” it said.
Manorma Devi was the Secretary of Society SMVSSL Ltd since inception till her death on February 13, 2017 who was the main accused, actively involved in misappropriating the government funds.
This is the second Provisional Attachment Order in Srijan Scam case.