ED Files Prosecution Complaint against Misappropriation of Govt Funds in Bihar

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has on Wednesday said it has filed a ‘Prosecution Complaint’ which is equivalent to a charge sheet, against Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary of Jagdamba Food Centre and others in a case related to the embezzlement of Bihar Government funds before Special PMLA Court at Patna.

The probe agency in its the charge sheet has prayed for awarding punishment to the accused for committing offence of money laundering and confiscation of the attached assets worth Rs 2.04 crore in the form of movable and immovable properties in his name and in the name of his family members. The federal financial probe agency move under provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) came after the registration of three FIRs registered by Laheriasarai Police, Darbhanga against Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary under Section 420 and 120B of IPC for embezzlement of Government funds to the tune of Rs 20.32 crore and investing the same in his own name as well as in the name of his family members. Investigation under PMLA revealed that the accused Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary has acquired movable and immovable properties out of the proceeds of crime so generated. He, as a proprietor of Jagdamba Food Centre, had entered into two agreements with Bihar State Food and Civil Services Supplies Corporation Ltd (BSFCSC) for supply of custom milled rice out of the paddy supplied to Jagdamba Food Centre.

“It was also revealed that movable and immovable properties have been acquired by the accused Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary in his name as well as in the name of his family and accordingly a provisional attachment order was issued attaching properties amounting to Rs 2.04 crore on April 15 last year”, the probe agency said.