ED attached assets worth Rs. 5.54 Crore of Director of Information and Public Relation, Assam, and different private companies, for misappropriation of Assam Government Money

Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs. 5.54 crore in connection with a case filed against Ranjit Gogoi, the then Director of Information and Public Relations, Assam, and several private companies for misappropriation of government funds.

On the basis of Assam’s CM’s Vigilance Cell’s FIR dated 20.10.2017 invoking sections 120B, 468, 471, 406, 409, and 420 of the IPC, 1860, as well as section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the ED launched a money laundering probe.

The ED investigation revealed that multiple firms were able to secure work orders in the “Vision Assam Mission Assam project” even though they did not have the appropriate pre-qualification and laundered the proceeds of crime received in collusion with Assam Govt. officials and others. The entire amount of proceeds of crime (POC) identified in the case is Rs. 16.36 crore so far.

Further investigation is in progress.