Court takes cognizance of ED complaint against IAS officer, others

Special Judge CBI Bala Joyati today took cognizance of the ED complaint against the IAS officer and others and directed all the accused to appear before them on April 26, 2024. The complaint has been filed by the Assistant Director, Enforcement Directorate, Government of India Transport Nagar for committing an offense under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002. In Jammu, IAS officers Rajeev Ranjan, Rahul Grover, Ghajan Singh, Itrat Hussain Rafiqui, Tariq Athar Baig, Jumurad Hussain Shah, Syed Adil Hussain Shah alias Syed Adil Hussain Shah, Syed Akil Shah, Abdi Hussain Shah, Madan Mohan Bhargava, Mukesh Bhargava. Against. Devi Dayal Khajuria, Kumar Jyoti Ranjan, Kripa Shankar Roy, Gaganpreet Singh, Hanni Preet Singh, Razia Rafiqui and Syed Atiq ur Reham Nazki alias Dr Atiqalla. After carefully perusing the contents of the complaint and the entire material on record, the court said, “It appears prima facie that the accused person has committed the offence, therefore, such process should be issued to ensure his presence”, “The office is directed to issue notices to the accused persons to appear and file their reply on the next date of hearing.” During the hearing, an application was filed to postpone taking cognizance of ED complaint No. ECIR/JMSZ04/2020 until the status report of the relevant crime is received from the CBI and until the J&K CrPC The final report under Section 173 of IPC is not filed before the court. CBI Court. “A copy of the same has been given to the other party for detailed response. Let the matter be posted again on 26.04.2024 for the presence of all the accused persons and further proceedings”, the court ordered. Special PP Ashwani Khajuria appeared on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate.