Mumbai: In a corruption case involving two Indian Revenue Service officers posted in SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), the CBI has registered a new case against the wife of one of the officers for facilitating the laundering of tainted money through her firm.
The officer, joint development commissioner Chanderpal Singh Chauhan, and three others have been named accused in the case.
The CBI registered a disproportionate assets case against Chauhan along with his wife, Suman, his brother-in-law Kiran Pal Singh Tanwar and two associates. The operations of Suvika Lifestyle Pvt Ltd and Diamond Furniture, the proprietorship firm of Suman, are allegedly bogus. The firm had allegedly been established to process illicitly obtained funds of Chauhan, said the CBI FIR.
The CBI said Chauhan layered bribe money through dubious companies formed in the name of his wife. It said Chauhan would purchase land that was to be acquired by the govt for public projects from its owners at the last moment. This transaction would mostly be in cash. The land would then be surrendered to the govt and the payment received for it would be by way of cheque, thus getting shown as legitimate income.
Along with Chauhan, the CBI named Suman, Hiralal Mehta, Samir Shah and Suvika Lifestyle Pvt Ltd. In the FIR, the CBI said it received information that between 2014 and 2024, Chauhan accumulated assets disproportionate to his known income sources.
The CBI said in the FIR that Chauhan’s family, including Tanwar, associates Hiralal Mehta, Samir Shah, and Suvika Lifestyle through its directors, assisted Chauhan in accumulating wealth illegally by managing bribe money from various sources. The CBI said that Chauhan acquired numerous properties, including benami assets, under family members’ names. The CBI last week conducted searches at the premises of his and other accused.
Last month, the CBI arrested Chauhan and five others in a separate corruption case where they caught a collection agent possessing Rs 60 lakh in marked envelopes with coded references to officials and contributing companies during a surprise check. The CBI informed the court while seeking Chauhan’s custody that while serving as joint development commissioner in SEEPZ he possessed assets worth Rs 40 crore, including luxury vehicles and premium timepieces. A special CBI court denied police custody along with other arrested accused and released them on bail, accepting the defence argument of procedural irregularities in the arrest.
Mumbai: In a corruption case involving two Indian Revenue Service officers posted in SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), the CBI has registered a new case against the wife of one of the officers for facilitating the laundering of tainted money through her firm.
The officer, joint development commissioner Chanderpal Singh Chauhan, and three others have been named accused in the case.
The CBI registered a disproportionate assets case against Chauhan along with his wife, Suman, his brother-in-law Kiran Pal Singh Tanwar and two associates. The operations of Suvika Lifestyle Pvt Ltd and Diamond Furniture, the proprietorship firm of Suman, are allegedly bogus. The firm had allegedly been established to process illicitly obtained funds of Chauhan, said the CBI FIR.
The CBI said Chauhan layered bribe money through dubious companies formed in the name of his wife. It said Chauhan would purchase land that was to be acquired by the govt for public projects from its owners at the last moment. This transaction would mostly be in cash. The land would then be surrendered to the govt and the payment received for it would be by way of cheque, thus getting shown as legitimate income.
Along with Chauhan, the CBI named Suman, Hiralal Mehta, Samir Shah and Suvika Lifestyle Pvt Ltd. In the FIR, the CBI said it received information that between 2014 and 2024, Chauhan accumulated assets disproportionate to his known income sources.
The CBI said in the FIR that Chauhan’s family, including Tanwar, associates Hiralal Mehta, Samir Shah, and Suvika Lifestyle through its directors, assisted Chauhan in accumulating wealth illegally by managing bribe money from various sources. The CBI said that Chauhan acquired numerous properties, including benami assets, under family members’ names. The CBI last week conducted searches at the premises of his and other accused.
Last month, the CBI arrested Chauhan and five others in a separate corruption case where they caught a collection agent possessing Rs 60 lakh in marked envelopes with coded references to officials and contributing companies during a surprise check. The CBI informed the court while seeking Chauhan’s custody that while serving as joint development commissioner in SEEPZ he possessed assets worth Rs 40 crore, including luxury vehicles and premium timepieces. A special CBI court denied police custody along with other arrested accused and released them on bail, accepting the defence argument of procedural irregularities in the arrest.