ED attaches assets worth Rs 6.32 crore of telecom ministry’s ex-employee in corruption case
India Today
The ED has attached assets worth Rs 6.32 crore of former deputy director general of New Technology at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Kolkata, and his associates in a disproportionate assets case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 6.32 crore of Somyendra Nath Banerjee, former deputy director general of New Technology at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Kolkata, and his associates in a disproportionate assets case.
The attached assets include an official premises, two plots, one three storied commercial building along with plant and machinery of a running company, balance in 47 bank accounts, two vehicles, shares held in demat accounts and two demand drafts.The ED had initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the Prevention of Corruption Act. As per the chargesheet filed by the CBI, Soumyendra Nath Banerjee had amassed huge assets beyond his known source of income and was in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 7.58 crore.“Money laundering investigation conducted by ED revealed that Soumyendra Nath Banerjee during the period from April 1, 2005, to June 6, 2013, while being posted and functioning in different capacities and different posts under Ministry of Telecommunication had acquired huge amounts in cash through corrupt practices and by abusing his official capacity,” said the ED.
