Former Haryana CM Chautala's properties attached

Monday 22nd April 2019 07:13 EDT
 

CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate asset case. According to the probe agency, four immovable properties consisting of a flat, a plot, a residential house and land in New Delhi, Panchkula and Sirsa (Haryana) worth Rs 3.68 Crore belonging to Om Prakash Chautala has been attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The ED initiated the investigation under PMLA, on the basis of an FIR registered by the CBI and a chargesheet filed against Om Prakash Chautala, Abhay Chautala, and Ajay Chautala under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code and r/w 13(1)(e) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. The probe agency said, “CBI's investigation has revealed that Om Prakash Chautala had allegedly acquired assets disproportionate to his known source of income to the tune of Rs 6 Crore between May 24, 1993 and May 31, 2006.”


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