ED attaches Rs 6.74 cr worth assets of Raj dairy officer

Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached assets worth Rs 6.74 crore of a senior Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) officer in connection with a corruption case involving allegations of money laundering.
The officer has been identified as one Surendra Kumar Sharma, who has been working as a deputy manager at the cattle field plant of RCDF in the sufi shrine city of Ajmer.
The ED's Jaipur zonal office had registered a case of money laundering against the officer last year after taking cognisance of a state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR in which he was charged with corruption and accumulation of disproportionate assets.

During searches on the premises of the officer in 2010, ACB sleuths had recovered cash and gold and silver ornaments and had registered a corruption case against him.
ED has seized Sharma's assets worth Rs 6.74 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and will now soon issue prohibitory orders on them, sources said.
An attachment action under PMLA is aimed at depriving the accused of the benefits of his or her ill-gotten wealth.
The enforcement action can be challenged at the Adjudicating Authority of the PMLA within 180 days of issuance of the order.