By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: ED has provisionally attached movable as well as immovable assets worth Rs.2,39,38,681/- belonging to the accused Bhaben Maitra, Bipra Charana Maharana, Sadananda Nayak and others under PMLA, 2002 in the case of misappropriation of funds of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL).
The allegation against them, first made by the PSU’s vigilance wing, was of having of signed off cheque amounts beyond authorisation, of forging documents and misappropriating funds to the tunes in crores since 2013.
A provisional Order for attaching movable and immovable properties of Bhaben Maitra, who served as the general manager (finance) of HAL, Bipra Charana Maharana, Sadananda Nayak, Jisudan Khosla, Jayaram Garada Jagannath Apat and late Urdhaba Khosla has been issued under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Central agency said in a statement. The total value of these assets is ₹2,39,38,681, it said.
The ED had booked the accused after taking cognisance of six FIRs filed against them by the Bhubaneswar anti-corruption branch (ACB) unit of the CBI on charges that they “embezzled an amount of ₹18.75 crore of HAL by forging documents between 2013-18”.
