The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed chargesheet against former IAS officer Dr Pradeep Kumar and five others in connection with money laundering case.
ED sources said the chargesheet was filed in the court of ADJ Sunil Kumar in Ranchi. It may be stated here that Dr Kumar had served as divisional commissioner of Santhal Paragana division in Jharkhand.
The other accused in the chargesheet are Rajendra Kumar brother of Dr Kumar, Nand Lal of the Hindu United Family created by the former IAS officer,
Shyamal Chakravarty a businessman of Ranchi, chartered accountant Naresh Kumar Kejriwal and real estate developer Dharmedra Kumar Dheeraj.
All the persons have been accused of money laundering worth Rs 1.76 crore following the National Rural Health Mission scam.
Even though ED Patna unit had lodged a case against the Dr Kumar and others in this connection, most of the corruption had taken place in Jharkhand.
The ED investigation had revealed that the accused persons had committed the offense of money laundering and their properties were liable for confiscation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The case related to one scam in the National Rural Health Mission, when the Dr Kumar was the Director of NHM.
Allegation of charges u/s 420, 467, 471 of IPC and 13 of PC Act 1988 were made and on that basis investigation under PMLA were conducted wherein it is found that they have committed offence of Money Laundering so properties liable for confiscation and
liable for the Punishment under PMLA.