New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Dehradun Sub-Zonal Office, on Wednesday said it has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 13.89 crore in connection with the NH-74 land acquisition scam.
The ED initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR registered at Police Station Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
During the course of the investigation, it was revealed that Dilbagh Singh, Jarnail Singh, Baljeet Kaur and Dalvinder Singh allegedly managed to obtain backdated orders under Section 143 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act. These orders were subsequently entered into the revenue records at a later...