The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth `5.45 crores of a retired Chief Engineer of Chhattisgarh’s Water Resources Department.
The ED took action against Ramanand Divya while investigating a money laundering case related to him, a press release from ED said.
The attached properties include agriculture land, plots in Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba and Janjgir-Champa districts and `55.95 lakhs in bank deposits, it said. The agency took action while probing a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Investigation revealed that "immovable properties were purchased in the name of Priyadarshini Divya, wife of Ramanand Divya, while some were in the name of the former government officer himself".
"The properties were acquired through various ways of money laundering. In a few cases, the property was purchased directly in cash or through cash deposits in their own bank accounts as well as that of relatives," the ED said.
The funds were routed through the bank accounts of relatives and persons with meagre sources of income in the form of gifts or unsecured loans, it said.
It further said `2.13 crores was paid in cash to buy properties. Apart from it, `66 lakh in the registered sale deeds for different properties acquired by the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA).