Uttar Pradesh: ED attaches properties of postmaster in postal scam
Pathikrit Chakraborty | TNN | Feb 1, 2019, 19:36 IST
LUCKNOW: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 1.30 crore of Priyadarshi Kumar, former postmaster at DLW in Varanasi along with his two aides in a case related to embezzlement of funds. The attachments of his properties were made under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an ED official told TOI.
The ED had registered a case under PMLA against Kumar in 2018. The case was based on an FIR filed by the CBI, Lucknow against the same persons for misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 5.14 crore in 2016.
During the course of ED’s investigation, it was found that Kumar, during his posting as Postmaster at DLW Post Office, Varanasi opened 14 fake accounts in a post office under fake names. Later, he diverted the funds from genuine accounts through credit entries. Later, in connivance with two aides Chandrama Prasad Singh withdrew this money and transferred to his other accounts.
Further during probe, a flat in Jaipur, two lands in Varanasi in the name of Kumar and his aide Singh come to the fore. Therefore, these immovable properties and the balance amount available in 15 accounts totaling to the tune of Rs. 1.30 crore have been attached on Friday. These accounts were in the name of Kumar’s relatives in Patna. A probe into his properties is still underway, said the ED officials.
The said postal scam worth Rs 5.14 crore had come to notice in 2015. Later, the postmaster general Lucknow had referred the matter to the CBI in 2016 after conducting a departmental inquiry. Kumar and his aide have already been arrested.
The ED had registered a case under PMLA against Kumar in 2018. The case was based on an FIR filed by the CBI, Lucknow against the same persons for misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 5.14 crore in 2016.
During the course of ED’s investigation, it was found that Kumar, during his posting as Postmaster at DLW Post Office, Varanasi opened 14 fake accounts in a post office under fake names. Later, he diverted the funds from genuine accounts through credit entries. Later, in connivance with two aides Chandrama Prasad Singh withdrew this money and transferred to his other accounts.
Further during probe, a flat in Jaipur, two lands in Varanasi in the name of Kumar and his aide Singh come to the fore. Therefore, these immovable properties and the balance amount available in 15 accounts totaling to the tune of Rs. 1.30 crore have been attached on Friday. These accounts were in the name of Kumar’s relatives in Patna. A probe into his properties is still underway, said the ED officials.
The said postal scam worth Rs 5.14 crore had come to notice in 2015. Later, the postmaster general Lucknow had referred the matter to the CBI in 2016 after conducting a departmental inquiry. Kumar and his aide have already been arrested.
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