The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹14.23 crores belonging to Parvin Jaffar Sait (wife of former IPS officer M S Jaffar Sait); R. Durgashankar (son of retired Tamil Nadu IAS officer K Rajamanickam), and a real estate developer named T Udayakumar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against seven individuals including I Periyasamy, former minister for Tamil Nadu Housing department.
According to the ED, investigations revealed that wrongful allotment of government discretionary quota (GDQ) was done by I Periyasamy, the then Tamil Nadu Minister of Housing & Urban Development and is currently the Minister for Co-operation in the MK Stalin-led DMK government.
The ED statement noted that a residential plot was allotted to Jaffar Sait under GDQ without being eligible.
Rajamanickam who was the then Secretary to the then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi got the adjacent plot allotted to his son R Durgashankar in violation of the norms of GDQ, the ED said.
As per the ED, Parvin Jaffar and R Durgashankar entered into an agreement with Udayakumar of Landmark Construction for joint development of the combined land in order to maximize the fruits of crime.
The statement mentioned that Udayakumar funded this project despite knowing that the both of them were not owners of the land.
Out of the total proceeds of crime to the tune of ₹14.86 Crore generated by three of them, movable and immovable properties worth ₹14.23 Crore have been provisionally attached. Further investigation in the matter is under progress.
The ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against seven individuals — M S Jaffar Sait, then former Inspector General of Police (Intelligence wing), Parvin, wife of Jaffar Sait; K Murugaiya, Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai; K Rajamanickam, the then Secretary to former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; R Durgashankar, son of Rajamanickam; I Periyasamy, former minister for Tamil Nadu Housing department and T Udayakumar, proprietor of Land Mark Construction, an ED release stated.
Jaffar Sait retired from the post of the director general of police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu fire and rescue services last year.
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