New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs. 1.52 Crore, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection to a case registered against Anam Naik, Ex-Junior Clerk and Ex-MLA, Bhawanipatna Constituency and others for “possession of assets disproportionate to his known source of income”.
ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR dated 22/01/2020 registered at Vigilance P.S. Koraput under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 against Anam Naik for possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs.1.54 Crore.
“Investigation by ED revealed that Anam Naik has invested his ill-gotten income, which is over and above his known sources of income, in acquiring various landed properties and bank investments in his name and in the name of his family members. Further investigation is in progress,” the ED said in a press note.