New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai, today said it has attached properties worth Rs 1.03 crore belonging to Hitesh Kumar Singla, along with bank balances held in mule accounts that were allegedly used for siphoning the proceeds of crime.
The ED initiated a PMLA investigation based on an FIR (first information report) registered by the CBI, ACB Mumbai, against Hitesh Kumar Singla and others under Section 409 of the IPC, Section 316(5) of the BNS, and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Earlier, the ED had arrested Singla (under suspension), a Staff Officer in Bank of India who was on the run, from Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station.
Subsequently, a chargesheet arraigning...