ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.50 crore in Patna in disproportionate assets case

Patna (bihar) [India] July 11 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached assets worth Rs 2.50 crore in Patna in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The assets belonged to Vibha Kumari, the then Deputy Director of Bihar Higher Education.

“ED, Patna has provisionally attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 2.50 crore (approx) under PMLA, 2002 in the disproportionate assets (DA) case of Smt. Vibha Kumari, the then Deputy Director of Higher Education, Bihar,” the ED said in a post on X.

“The immovable properties are registered in his name as well as in the name of family members and are located in Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur and Delhi,” it added.

Earlier in the day, ED informed it has seized Rs 2.98 crore in cash and some incriminating documents during raids conducted in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra in a money laundering case of Humara India Credit Cooperative Society.

The incriminating documents include books of account, and digital devices of Humara India and other Sahara Group entities.

ED’s Kolkata Zonal Office conducted the search operations under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 at the premises of suspects in West Bengal’s Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, and Maharashtra’s Mumbai.

In a separate case, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court granted seven days of custody of Arvind Dham to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.

ED produced Dham before the court after his arrest and sought 14 days of custody to interrogate him. He was arrested yesterday.

Earlier, the CBI had registered a case against Amtek Group. There are allegations of bank fraud of around Rs 20000 crores.