Jalandhar, Feb. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached five immovable properties worth to Rs.1.36 crore pertaining to Rakesh Kumar Singla, the then deputy director in the food and civil supplies department, and his wife Rachna Singla, under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in connection with a case of disproportionate assets. The ED initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Punjab Vigilance Bureau in 2022. The probe revealed that Singla, who was a public servant posted as deputy director in the department, allegedly collected bribes from which he accumulated disproportionate assets. These proceeds of crime were further laundered by Singla, his wife, and their family members by depositing the cash in their bank account and by arranging sham entries from various persons and entities and investment in immovable properties.htc...