ED Chandigarh attaches assets, bank balances in crores of senior IAS officer and former PS to CM
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 7,2025
Directorate of Enforcement, (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office has provisionally attached assets in the form of nine immovable properties including two houses and seven apartments located in Chandigarh, New Delhi and Gurgaon and bank balances of Rs. 14.06 Crore (approx.) on 30/06/2025 under the Provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with ongoing investigation against M.L. Tayal (Retd. IAS), Principal Secretary to the then Chief Minister of Haryana and others in the matter of disproportionate assets.
ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by the CBI, ACB, Chandigarh. The FIR alleged that M.L. Tayal (Retd. IAS), while serving as Principal Secretary to the then Chief Minister of Haryana from 06.03.2005 to 31.10.2009 and member in Competition Commission of India from 30.11.2009 to 31.12.2014 (Check period 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2014) and his family members had amassed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Pursuant to this, ED conducted investigation into the financial affairs, income tax records and stock market dealings of M.L. Tayal, Savita Tayal, and Kartik Tayal.
ED investigation revealed that during the check period 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2014 the accused had acquired disproportionate assets worth Rs. 14.06 Crore (approx.) using PoC generated through illegal gratification.
Further investigation is under progress.
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