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Former Haryana Congress MLA Chokar and his sons are caught in fraud. Taking major action, the ED has attached assets worth 44 crores of former Haryana Congress MLA and his sons.
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana Congress MLA Chokar and his sons are caught in fraud. Taking major action, the ED has attached assets worth 44 crores of former Haryana Congress MLA and his sons. ED has taken this action under Money Laundering. ED officers have also attached the term and bank deposit of Rs 96 lakh. Apart from this, transactions in accounts have also been banned.
Squad deposit of Rs 96 lakh also seized
The Enforcement Directorate said that it had attached assets worth Rs 44 crore of Rs 44 crore of former Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh and his business sons under a fraud -related money laundering investigation with 1,500 home buyers in Gurugram. The ED said in a statement that an provisional order was issued to attach about three acres of agricultural land, 2,487 square meters of commercial plot, Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad and 8 residential flats located in Panipat under the Money Prevention Act (PMLA) on Wednesday. Under this order, the fixed and bank deposit of Rs 96 lakh has also been attached.
Former Congress MLA from Samalkha assembly seat in Panipat district
The ED said that except for these assets of Rs 44.55 crore, leaving Vikas (who is absconding) and Sikander Chhokar (who is on bail) and his company Sai Aaina Farms is related to Private Limited. ED had attached assets worth more than Rs 36 crore in this case last year. Leaving Dharam Singh, he is a former Congress MLA from Samalkha assembly seat in Panipat district. However, he lost the assembly elections from this seat last year. Except, there is a charge of cheating more than 1,500 houses and grabbing more than Rs 500 crore from them.
The ED said that after several non-bailable warrants, a special PMLA court of Gurugram has issued an order against Dharam Singh except and development and directed to appear in the court on May 19. In money laundering, Gurugram Police has registered an FIR against Sai Mirror Forms and its associated companies. It is alleged against the accused that they have submitted fake documents including fake bank guarantee to obtain licenses for external and internal development works.
The ED said that the fraud activity was done in connection with the affordable housing projects promised in Sector 68, 103 and 104 of Gurugram and the company collected about Rs 616 crore from 3,700 home buyers. However, the company failed to give houses within the promised deadline and misused money.
Money was used by the directors and promoters of the company for personal benefit
Investigations found that the funds collected from home buyers were used for personal benefits by the directors and promoters of the company, while some funds were given as loans to other group institutions, which remained outstanding for years. The ED had filed a charge sheet in April 2024 against Alexander Singh, leaving Sikander Singh, with companies associated with him like Mahira Infratech Private Limited, DS Home Construction Private Limited and some others.
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