Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs. 7.33 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in an investigation related to a disproportionate assets case against Sukanya Bora, the then Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Kamrup (M), Assam.
ED initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by P.S. Vigilance, CM’s Special Vigilance Cell, Assam, against Sukanya Bora under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income. The charge sheet filed by CM’s Special Vigilance Cell, Assam, disclosed that during the check period from March 1, 2017, to February 28, 2023, she possessed assets disproportionate to her known sources of income, to the tune of Rs. 8.14 crore.
Financial investigations by ED revealed that cash of Rs. 98.66 lakh was deposited into the bank accounts of Sukanya Bora and her parents, who did not have corresponding income. She purchased three properties in the form of land in the name of her parents and close relatives, wherein a cash amount of Rs. 3.25 crore was paid apart from payments generated from proceeds of crime (POC) into the bank accounts. The POC was layered in this case wherein the property purchased in the name of a close relative was transferred to her father without any corresponding consideration, and one of the properties was transferred to her by her father by way of a gift deed, ED sources said.
Besides the above, Rs 65.54 lakh was found in her bank account. Further investigation is in progress.
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