The central agency, which has attached properties worth Rs 400 crore so far, has alleged that the attached properties are registered in the names of entities such as housing cooperative societies and individuals who are "front/dummy" for influential persons, including MUDA officials, they said.
BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has initiated its town planning (TP) scheme implementation in Dasapur and Malipada areas, covering a total of 846 acres. This is TP scheme Nos. 5, 6 and 7, which fall in zone I of the BDA. The TP scheme implementation holds importance as BDA has already proposed to develop a Bhubaneswar New City in the same area, which will cover 400 hectares of land. As part of the initiation process, the BDA recently issued a request for proposal to select a firm that will aid the development authority in planning, designing and executing the TP…
HYDERABAD: In a major revelation, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the Telangana high court that large-scale fraudulent transactions have taken place in the sale of Bhoodan land in Nagaram village in Rangareddy district. The central agency, in its counter-affidavit, claimed land sales registered in survey numbers 181, 182, 194, and 195, including 50 acres of Bhoodan land, were executed without valid ownership by the sellers. The buyers reportedly include senior bureaucrats and businessmen. ED has identified Mohammed Abdul Shukur as the key conspirator behind the fraudulent land deals. Shukur allegedly sold the land using forged documents and fabricated ownership claims,…
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) provisionally attached properties worth Rs 55.07 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in the case of Shine City Properties Ltd. The attached properties include a land in Allahabad in the name of Mohammad Javed, a resident of Allahabad. The ED also froze a bank account in his name. The ED investigation was based on 554 FIRs registered against Rasheed Naseem and Shine City group of companies. The investigation revealed that the accused, associates and promoters incorporated several companies and collected funds from…