ED files supplementary chargesheet in Jharkhand bitumen scam
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The accused confirmed procurement of bitumen for highway works and obtained funds in connivance with engineers on cast payments
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary chargesheet in opposition to Classic Coal Construction Private Limited, Classic Multiplex Private Limited and their administrators in reference to the bitumen scam in Jharkhand.
Among these arraigned are the businesses’ administrators, Dilip Kumar Singh and Kumar Pranav. The chargesheet has been filed earlier than a Special Court in Ranchi. The company has additionally requested for confiscation of belongings connected earlier underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The newest attachments value ₹1.83 crore on paper embody two industrial and residential properties in Ranchi and a plot in Ramgarh, held in the title of Classic Coal Construction, Classic Multiplex and a former firm managing director, Pawan Kumar Singh.
The ED’s cash laundering probe relies on 4 FIRs registered and chargesheets filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act in opposition to Classic Coal Constructions and its administrators Mr. Pawan Kumar Singh, Mr. Dilip Kumar Singh, 22 engineers with the Road Construction Department in the State authorities and two others.
It is alleged that ignoring the requirement of procuring bitumen from the federal government endeavor oil firms, together with HPCL, IOCL and BPCL, the corporate administrators had submitted 492 faux invoices pertaining to HPCL, Ramnagar (West Bengal), to the Road Construction Department.
Forged payments
The accused confirmed procurement of 4,630 tonnes of bitumen for highway works and obtained funds in connivance with the division engineers on the idea of cast payments amounting to ₹6.88 crore. The ill-gotten cash was used to create belongings and to fulfill miscellaneous expenditures pertaining to the corporate and its administrators.
After identification of the alleged proceeds of crime, the ED issued two orders for attaching belongings value ₹2.08 crore and ₹1.83 crore.
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