New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Bhopal Zonal Office said on Friday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 5 crore in a case involving the late Arvind Joshi, a former IAS officer and Principal Secretary to the Madhya Pradesh Government, among others.
The ED initiated investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR registered by the Special Police Establishment, Lokayukta, Bhopal. The FIR charged offences under Sections 13(1)(e) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (as amended), for amassing assets disproportionate to known sources of income-approximately Rs 41.87 crore-during the period from July 1979 to December 2010.
The PMLA investigation uncovered a structu...