SRINAGAR, June 15: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned nine prominent Gulmarg hoteliers, including Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Hoteliers Club in connection with an ongoing investigation linked to alleged irregularities in land transactions in Gulmarg under the erstwhile J&K Roshni Act.
Those summoned are Mushtaq Chaya , Mushtaq Ahmad Burza and Manzoor Ahmad Burza of the ITC Group, Nazir Ahmad Mir of M&Co, Manzoor Ahmad Khan of Hotel Khalil Palace, Abdul Hamid Dar of Hotel Mama Palace, Syed Musadiq Shah of Pride Resort, Ibrahim Khan of Kolahoi Greens and Sadaf Shah of Hotel Alpine Ridge.
The hoteliers have been directed to appear before the agency from June 15 onwards, with one Hotelier scheduled to appear each day, and furnish financial and property-related documents, including records pertaining to applications filed under the erstwhile J&K Roshni Act.
The summons issued to the Hoteliers under Sections 50(2) and 50(3) of the PMLA seek a range of documents, including details of bank accounts, movable and immovable assets, revenue records, lease deeds, income tax returns for the last five years and documents relating to applications filed under the erstwhile J&K Roshni Act.
Every proceeding under sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 50 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Section 229 and Section 267 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)," the notice read.
It further added that "It is hereby informed that if you fail to attend to give evidence and/or produce records as mentioned in the Schedule at the place and time as specified in the said summon, you shall be liable to penal proceedings under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003) and other relevant provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)".
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