ED Names Valmark Realty Director in TDR Scam Involving Bengaluru Officials
BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint in connection to a Transferable Development Rights (TDR) scam involving the director of Valmark Realty Holdings Private Ltd (VRHPL) along with 19 other accused, including former employees of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The investigation, initiated based on an FIR lodged by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in 2019, claims that VRHPL’s director, Ratan Lath, acquired development right certificates (DRCs) and unlawfully sold TDRs to various real estate companies and individuals, netting illicit profits of approximately ₹27.7 crore. According to a press release from the ED, TDR brokers K Suresh,…