STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 20.48 crore so far under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a case registered against Ranjit Gogoi, the then Director of Information and Public Relation, Assam, and different private companies, for alleged misappropriation of government fund.
Officials sources today said that earlier, the ED had provisionally attached assets worth around Rs. 14.94 crore in this case. The ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of the FIR lodged by the Chief Minister’s Vigilance Cell, Assam invoking penal provisions under various sections of IPC, 1860 and PC Act 1988. Investigation by ED revealed that in connivance with Assam Government officials and others, different companies were able to get the ‘work order’ in the Vision Assam Mission Assam Project, 2016 (VAMA, 2016), even though they did not have the required prequalification, and they laundered the proceeds of crime received by them. The total Proceeds of Crime (PoC) identified in the case till now is Rs 20.48 crore. Investigation is on.
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