Muzaffarpur shelter home case: ED files complaint against Brajesh Thakur under PMLA
New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution grievance underneath Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in opposition to Brajesh Thakur, and his members of the family and others at PMLA particular courtroom in Patna on Wednesday (August 26), in reference to a case referring to misappropriation of presidency funds.
Brajesh Thakur is presently serving a life sentence in Muzaffarpur shelter residence sexual assault case. In February 2020, a Delhi courtroom had sentenced him “rigorous imprisonment till the remainder of his life” moreover imposing a fantastic of Rs 32.20 lakh on him.
The prosecution grievance was filed with a prayer for awarding punishment to the accused of committing the offence of cash laundering and confiscation of the hooked up belongings price Rs 8.Eight crores within the type of movable and immovable properties in his identify and within the identify of his members of the family and others, based on an ED assertion.
The ED initiated an investigation underneath the provisions of PMLA on the idea of two FIRs registered by Mahila Police Station, Muzaffarpur, and an FIR lodged by CBI, SCB, Patna in opposition to Brajesh Thakur and others underneath Section 420, 467 and 120B of IPC for misappropriating the funds/grant-in-aid acquired from authorities and different companies within the identify of NGO, Sewa Sankalp Ewam Vikas Samiti, and its sister NGOs.
Brajesh Thakur was the de facto proprietor, who in connivance with others misappropriated the fund/grant-in-aid to the tune of Rs 7.57 crores.
Investigation underneath PMLA revealed that Brajesh Thakur and others diverted/siphoned off the funds/grant-in-aid acquired for the welfare of woman youngsters and others and used the funds for his private achieve by buying big movable and immovable properties in his identify and within the identify of his members of the family viz. Kumari Asha, Rahul Anand, Manorama Devi, and others for buying big movable and immovable properties together with fee of charges for his youthful son Mehul Anand’s medical schooling, the ED mentioned.
Earlier a provisional attachment order (dated March 13, 2019) was issued attaching belongings price Rs 7.three crores which has been confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority underneath PMLA. Recently one other provisional attachment order (dated August 7, 2020) was additionally issued attaching belongings amounting to Rs 1.5 crores. Now, a prosecution grievance has been filed by ED in opposition to the accused Brajesh Thakur and others earlier than the Special Court for the PMLA, Patna has been filed.
The matter in opposition to Brajesh Thakur had come to gentle on May 26, 2018, after Tata Institute of Social Sciences submitted a report back to the Bihar authorities highlighting the alleged sexual abuse of women within the shelter residence for the primary time.
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