New Delhi, April 19: The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached four immovable properties having a value of Rs 22.47 lakh belonging to one Shashi Prakash and Jai Kishore Chaudhary, both Executive Engineers in case of the MGNREGA scam in Jharkhand.
It added that this is the fourth provisional attachment order issued in the case.
The total properties worth ₹ 106.86 crore, including this provisional order, have been attached/ seized till date in the subject case.
ED had initiated an investigation on the basis of 16 FIRs registered by Jharkhand Police in reference to embezzlement of ₹ 18 crore in MGNREGA work in Jharkhand's Khunti district.
Further, a chargesheet filed by Jharkhand Police revealed that Junior Engineer RBP Sinha, Assistant Engineer R.K. Jain (now deceased), Shashi Prakash and Jai Kishore Chaudhary, both executive engineers, were involved in the combined embezzlement of Rs 18.06 crore.
Earlier, ED had conducted several searches under the provisions of PMLA on May 6, 2022, at the premises related to these Engineers and also at the premises related to IAS Pooja Singhal, the then DC of Khunti district, during which huge cash of Rs 19.58 crore was recovered and seized.
It added that, three persons namely Ram Binod Prasad Sinha, Pooja Singhal and CA Suman Kumar have been arrested in this case and three prosecution complaints have already been filed against Sinha, Singhal, Abhishek Jha, Jai Kishore Chaudhary, R.K. Jain (deceased), Shashi Prakash and CA Kumar before the Special (PMLA) Court, Ranchi wherein trial is under progress.
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