ED files prosecution complaint against Bhupinder Singh Hooda under PMLA ANI | Updated: Feb 16, 2021 14:36 IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint in the Panchkula Industrial Plot Allotment scam against 22 accused including the then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
ED has filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in the Panchkula Industrial Plot Allotment Scam against 22 accused.
According to ED, the case involves the allocation of 14 industrial plots worth Rs 30.34 crore allegedly to the acquaintances of the then Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the year 2013. ED initiated an investigation on the basis of FIR No. 09 dated December 19, 2015, of State Vigilance Bureau, Haryana. The said FIR was transferred to CBI and subsequently FIR No. RC AC1 2016 A 0002 Dated 19/05/2016 under section 120-B, 201, 204
The agency, in a press release, said that further probe revealed that as a result of criminal conspiracy, the then Chief Minister, Haryana and ex-officio Chairman, HUDA, four retired IAS officers and other office bearers of HUDA, Panchkula, Haryana illegally benefited pre-selected acquaintances of the then CM, Haryana by allotting them 14 Industrial Plots denying allotment to more worthy applicants.
Besides Hooda, four retired IAS officers namely Dharam Pal Singh Nagal (the then Chief Administrator, HUDA); Surjit Singh (the then Administrator, HUDA; Subhash Chandra Kansal (the then Chief Controller of Finance, HUDA) and Narinder Kumar Solanki (the then Zonal Administrator, Faridabad Zone, HUDA) and other HUDA official Bharat Bhushan Taneja (the then Superintendent, HUDA) and all the 14 allottees and beneficiaries of the Industrial Plots Allocation case have been named in the charge sheet by ED.
ED chargesheets Hooda, 21 others in Panchkula plot allotment scam
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Case involves allocation of 14 plots worth ₹30.34 cr. allegedly to acquaintances of Hooda in 2013
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Case involves allocation of 14 plots worth ₹30.34 cr. allegedly to acquaintances of Hooda in 2013
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against 22 accused persons, including former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, in connection with the Panchkula industrial plot allotment scam. The case involves allocation of 14 plots worth ₹30.34 crore allegedly to the acquaintances of Mr. Hooda in 2013.
The ED’s money laundering probe is based on an FIR registered by the State’s vigilance bureau on December 19, 2015. The FIR was later transferred to the CBI.
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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is among 22 people accused in the Panchkula industrial plot allotment scam (Picture Credits: PTI)
The central probe agency claimed that worthy applicants were driven out of merit and applicants who were closely connected to Hooda, in terms of his personal capacity and also in terms of the political party he belongs to, were allotted these plots .
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said the plots were allocated to acquaintances of the then CM (Hooda) .
The Haryana Vigilance Bureau booked a case in 2015 to probe these alleged irregularities and subsequently, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED filed their respective cases.
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In a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of over a dozen industrial plots worth more than Rs 30 crore in the Panchkula area in 2013, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, four retired IAS officers and some others, informed officials.