ED files charge sheet against ex-CM Hooda
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 21 others, including three former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials, for alleged illegal allotment of land in Panchkula. The case involves allotment of 14 industrial plots worth ₹30.34 crore to the acquaintances of Hooda in 2013, when he was the CM. All the plots were attached as per provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by ED in 2019. ED, which probes financial crimes, initiated an investigation in 2015 -- after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power -- based on a First Information Report, or FIR, by the Haryana vigilance bureau. The FIR was subsequently transferred to the CBI in 2016, which registered a case. ED said investigations revealed that Hooda and others illegally favoured acquaintances of the then CM.
PANCHKULA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 21 others, including three former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials, for alleged illegal allotment of land in Panchkula.
The case involves allotment of 14 industrial plots worth Rs 30.34 crore to the acquaintances of Hooda in 2013, when he was the CM. All the plots were attached as per provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by ED in 2019.
ED, which probes financial crimes, initiated an investigation in 2015 -- after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power -- based on a First Information Report, or FIR, by the Haryana vigilance bureau.
The FIR was subsequently transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2016, which registered a case under relevant sections and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. ED said investigations revealed that Hooda, as the then ex-officio chairman of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), three retired IAS officers and other office-bearers of the body illegally favoured pre-selected acquaintances of the then CM by allotting them 14 industrial plots.