ED attaches tainted IFS officer Abhay Pathak’s belongings

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally connected belongings value Rs 29.83 lakh of former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Abhay Kant Pathak in reference to a case registered in opposition to him underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Pathak, who was arrested in November 2020 on expenses of amassing disproportionate belongings, was given obligatory retirement final 12 months. “During investigation, it was ascertained that Pathak had utilised his ill-gotten income to acquire various immovable property. He also transferred the money in his and family members’ bank accounts,” mentioned an ED officer.

In one other growth, the ED filed a prosecution grievance within the courtroom in opposition to liquor baron Zeyarat Ali and his three sons – Md Qazzafi, Riffat Ali and Sabtin Ali. Earlier, police had earlier registered a case in opposition to Zeyarat and his sons underneath numerous sections of the IPC and the Arms Act. They had been arrested in 2016. “Investigation revealed that Zeyarat and his sons acquired money by committing criminal activities. Around Rs 1.35 crore cash of the accused has been attached,” mentioned an ED officer. Similarly, the Central company filed a prosecution grievance in courtroom in opposition to former Dhenkanal RTO Basanta Behera. Vigilance had arrested Behera in 2018 for possessing disproportionate belongings to the tune of Rs 2.97 crore. Behera’s belongings value Rs 52.24 lakh have been provisionally connected.