Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs. 4.68 crore belonging to late Umesh Kumar Gandhi (then DIG Jail Bhopal) and family members/associates in Bhopal on Saturday.
The assets were attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in connection to the case of the amassment of Disproportionate Assets, the federal probe agency mentioned in a statement.
Assets include gold, bank deposits, real estate properties
According to information, the attached immovable properties are located in various districts of Madhya Pradesh, like capital Bhopal, Sehore, Indore, Katni, and Sagar. Besides, movable assets include gold and silver jewellery, mutual funds, bank deposits, insurance policies, and 'Kisan Vikas Patras,' the statement further read.
Notably, Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta (special police establishment) filed an FIR and two charge sheets against Umesh Kumar Gandhi, his wife Archana Gandhi, and Ajay Kumar Gandhi—a former guard of the Sehore district jail—on allegations of "amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 5.13 crore."
