ED has attached assets worth Rs 1.68 crore of two Karnataka government employees in connection with its money laundering probe against them in separate cases.
The first case pertains to Assistant Director of the state Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation (RIDC), N A Khan against whom the Lokayukta Police had filed an FIR and a charge sheet for possessing disproportionate assets (DA) worth Rs 1.58 crore in 2014.
"Investigations showed that several properties were acquired by Khan with the proceeds of crime and they included a bungalow in Dharwad and a petrol bunk in Chennagiri taluk.
"It was also noticed that the accused has projected the ill-gotten properties as untainted by placing the proceeds of crime, in the form of cash, into the banking system which was subsequently layered along with other amounts such as those obtained from loans, and after integrating the proceeds of crime with other amounts, the same was drawn and utilised for acquiring assets including the subject properties of registered value Rs 77 lakh," the agency said.
Khan was posted in the Belgaum district when he was held in the DA case.
In the second case, the agency attached the assets of a retired Range Forest Officer R Patali acting on a 2013 DA case registered against him by the Lokayukta Police.
"Investigations have brought out that several properties were acquired by Patali with the proceeds of crime. He acquired two residential buildings, two plots and six shops in Derebail village in Mangalore taluk in the name of his wife. One house was acquired in Gandhinagar in Dakshina Kannada district. It was noticed that the accused has projected the ill-gotten properties as untainted.
"...Movable and immovable properties of registered value Rs 91 lakh of Patali have been attached," ED said.
Patali was posted in Dakshina Kannada district when the Lokayukta booked him in the case.
