Srijan scam: ED set to attach assets of accused
Sources said the agency is scrutinising documents related to the assets acquired by the accused in the case.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore Srijan scam in Bihar, is now preparing to initiate fresh proceedings to attach properties linked to the prime accused.
Sources said the agency is scrutinising documents related to the assets acquired by the accused in the case.
According to sources, the fresh proceedings to confiscate the ill-gotten assets acquired by the accused will be initiated under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Two Central probe agencies — ED and the CBI — are investigating the Rs 1,400 crore scam involving the Bhagalpur-based non-government organisation, Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti.
The ED has already registered cases based on the FIRs lodged by the CBI. More than 17 people have so far been arrested in the cases related to the scam in Bhagalpur and its neighbouring districts in the state. Nineteen people have so far been made accused in connection with the scam.