The Enforcement Directorate (ED) took a major action against IAS officer Padma Jaiswal (IAS:2003:AGMUT) and her family on Friday by attaching assets worth Rs 1.51 crore in connection with a money-laundering investigation.
The bureaucrat is facing corruption charges levelled during her posting as Deputy Commissioner in Arunachal Pradesh.
According to the agency, a provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attaching a commercial property in Chandigarh and mutual fund investments of Rs 9 lakh.
As per ED, the Chandigarh asset, registered in the name of Jaiswal’s brother, Vishu Bhanu Partap Mahto, bears a current market value of Rs 1.42 crore.
The money-laundering case against Jaiswal stems from a CBI FIR alleging that the officer, in a criminal conspiracy with other accused public servants, misappropriated government funds when she was posted as the Deputy Commissioner of West Kameng district at Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh.
The ED claims, the diverted funds were utilised in acquiring immovable properties in the names of her close relatives.
The CBI filed a chargesheet in August 2024 against her and other accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC.
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