ED attaches 4 hotels, 2 flats in DA probe against ex-IPS officer from Assam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached four hotels in Guwahati and two flats in Mumbai, collectively valued at ₹53.28 crore, in a money laundering case linked to disproportionate assets against a retired IPS officer from Assam, Prasanta Kumar Dutta. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The case stems from an FIR by the Assam Anti-Corruption and Vigilance Bureau, alleging that Dutta amassed assets worth ₹79 crore against a disclosed income of ₹7.23 crore during his service from 1992-2019. The ED claims he laundered money through companies, including Ishan Commercial, becoming its largest shareholder and beneficial owner of three hotels.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached four hotels in Guwahati and two flats in Mumbai, collectively valued at ₹53.28 crore, in a money laundering case linked to disproportionate assets against a retired IPS officer from Assam, Prasanta Kumar Dutta. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The case stems from an FIR by the Assam Anti-Corruption and Vigilance Bureau, alleging that Dutta amassed assets worth ₹79 crore against a disclosed income of ₹7.23 crore during his service from 1992-2019. The ED claims he laundered money through companies, including Ishan Commercial, becoming its largest shareholder and beneficial owner of three hotels.
Exam linkage
GS Paper 2: Governance - Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. GS Paper 3: Internal Security - Money-laundering and its prevention.
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