Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Aug 22:
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted multiple searches in Jammu region against some revenue department officials as part of a money laundering probe linked to alleged grabbing of custodian land, official sources said.
At least nine locations in Jammu and one in Udhampur have been raided under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said.
Locations linked to Patwari rank officials named Pranav Dev Singh and Rahul Kai and Naib Tehsildar Akeel Ahmed apart from some others are being covered in a case related to land grabbing and corruption related to Custodian land (belonging to evacuees from Pakistan occupied Kashmir) in Jammu since 2022, they said. The money laundering case stems from an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (Central) of Jammu and Kashmir Police.Meanwhile,
A team of the Income Tax Department conducted raid at the residence of a property dealer in Udhampur’s Housing Colony.
According to the sources, the Income Tax team, led by an
Jammu: ED Raids
Assistant Director rank officer, conducted the raid following reports of suspected tax evasion and possession of undisclosed income by the said property dealer.
During the raid, officials searched premises and seized some documents, sources added.
After the raid, the Income Tax Department will assess the seized documents and assets to determine any tax liability.
