Chautala’s flat attached by court over money laundering charges
14 Nov 2013 5:22 AM IST
A special money laundering court has ordered attachment of a property of former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala, on the complaint of Enforcement Directorate (ED), under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED termed the purchase of the asset from ‘proceeds of crime’ of the teachers recruitment scam.
‘No doubt the properties attached are proceeds of crime and are involved in money laundering. We, therefore, order confirmation of the provisional attachment order issued by Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier,’ a bench of chairman K Raamamoorthy and member Mukesh Kumar of the adjudicating authority of PMLA said in its latest order.
The court came to the conclusion after thorough perusal of the Delhi High Court order, the FIR and charge sheet of CBI, the investigations conducted by the ED and the statements recorded under section 50 of PMLA.
78-year-old Chautala, chief of Indian National Lok Dal, along with 54 others, was sentenced by a Delhi court in the 2000 Junior Basic Trained (JBT) Teachers recruitment scam.
‘No doubt the properties attached are proceeds of crime and are involved in money laundering. We, therefore, order confirmation of the provisional attachment order issued by Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier,’ a bench of chairman K Raamamoorthy and member Mukesh Kumar of the adjudicating authority of PMLA said in its latest order.
The court came to the conclusion after thorough perusal of the Delhi High Court order, the FIR and charge sheet of CBI, the investigations conducted by the ED and the statements recorded under section 50 of PMLA.
78-year-old Chautala, chief of Indian National Lok Dal, along with 54 others, was sentenced by a Delhi court in the 2000 Junior Basic Trained (JBT) Teachers recruitment scam.
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