ED attaches Rs 14.48 crore property of Yadav Singh
New Delhi, May 9: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached property worth Rs 14.48 crore of former government engineer Yadav Singh as part of its probe in a corruption case against him, an official said on Wednesday.
"We attached assets worth Rs 14.48 crore of Yadav Singh in a disproportionate assets case. The attachment made under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Total attachments worth Rs 20.38 crore have been made in this case till date," the ED official said.
Singh was engineer-in-chief of the Noida Authority, Greater Noida Authority and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh.
Raids conducted by the Income Tax Department in November 2014 revealed that Singh owned huge property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
He was suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government in February 2015 and one-member judicial commission to probe into the multi-crore case set up by the state government.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered three FIRs against Singh, with the most recent one filed on January 17, for allegedly misused his official position for awarding contracts in violation of norms.
The two previous cases were lodged against Singh and others in July 2015 after the Allahabad High Court directed the CBI to probe the case stating that the allegations were most serious and the probe was complex.
The ED is probing money laundering charges against Singh who was arrested in February 2016 and has been chargesheeted in two cases. Singh is presently lodged in judicial custody at Dasna jail in Ghaziabad.
Singh's son Sunny and daughters Garima and Karuna are also accused in the CBI FIR. Singh's family is alleged of utilising his illegal money to form a company.
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Hoax bomb threat emails spark security alert at Karnataka government offices; no explosives found
Karwar/Tumakuru: Government offices in three Karnataka towns were placed on high alert on Tuesday after bomb threat emails were received by the tahsildar offices in Karwar and Bhatkal, and the deputy commissioner’s office in Tumakuru.
According to a report published by Deccan Herald, police officials said all three emails originated from a single email ID and contained claims of “revenge from Tamilians and Pakistanis.” Following the threats, security agencies immediately swung into action and the premises were evacuated and thoroughly searched.
Teams from the local police, bomb disposal squad and dog squad were deployed at all locations. Authorities have confirmed that no suspicious objects or explosives were found. They called the threats a hoax, after extensive checks.
Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police Deepan M N said precautionary measures were taken as per protocol to ensure public safety. “A detailed search was conducted at all the mentioned offices, but nothing incriminating was found,” he said.
Police have begun efforts to trace the source of the emails and identify the sender while security around key government buildings in the affected districts was heightened as a precaution, officials added.
