ED Chandigarh provisionally attached immovable property of an accused at Chandigarh

ED Chandigarh provisionally attached immovable property of an accused at Chandigarh

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ March 29,2024

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh has provisionally attached immovable property in the form of residential flat at Chandigarh worth Rs. 86.18 Lakh belonging to Vijay Pal Singh and Pardeep Baidwan under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 on 28.03.2024 in the case of Manjit Kaur and others.

ED initiated investigation on the basis of various FIRs registered by LEA, Chandigarh Police on the basis of complaints received from various complainants under various sections of IPC, 1860 against the accused Manjit Kaur and her family members.

ED investigation revealed that Manjit Kaur had lured multiple victims by misrepresenting and impersonating herself as a close associate of the Governor and Chairman of Chandigarh Housing Board, UT Administration and claimed that she was in a committee constituted by the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh to reallot and renovate surrendered properties in Chandigarh under various quotas such as Widow quota, Senior Citizen quota etc.

In this pretext, she has cheated various innocent people by dishonestly implicating innocent home buyers to purchase properties at prime locations. Further, during the course of the investigation, statements of various complainants were recorded, and their bank account statements were analyzed. It was revealed that the Proceeds of Crime, thus received in the bank account of Manjit Kaur, is traveling to the bank accounts of Pardeep Baidwan (daughter-in-law of Manjit Kaur) and Vijay Pal Singh (Son of Manjit Kaur).

ED Chandigarh provisionally attached immovable property of an accused at Chandigarh. Further, the proceeds of crime were being utilized for the repayment of loans including loan against property and loans availed for the purchase of electronic devices and mobile gadgets. During the course of the PMLA investigation, immovable property related to proceeds of crime was identified and a provisional attachment order was issued attaching the property in the name of Vijay Pal Singh and Pardeep Baidwan. Further investigation is under progress.