New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)has attached movable properties belonging to M/s Trident Infosol Pvt. Ltd., Delhi having total value of Rs. 2.36 crores under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The attached properties include a fixed deposit of Rs. 2.08 Crores and balances in two bank accounts totalling to Rs. 28.25 lakhs.
ED initiated investigation under PMLA on the basis of FIRs / ChargeSheets filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)against directors of M/s Alligators Design Pvt. Ltd., Delhiunder Sections 120B, 420 & 467 of the IPC. The NIA FIRs / Charge Sheets revealed that M/s Alligators Design Pvt. Ltd., Delhi had illegally imported105 numbers of Passive Night Vision Sightsfor SLR/Rifles on the basis of forged and fake documents and had supplied the same to Bihar Police for an amount of Rs. 2.36 crores.
Investigation under PMLA has revealed that Nitin Gupta and other directors of M/s Alligators Design Pvt. Ltd., Delhi were indulged in money laundering and generated proceeds of crime amounting to Rs. 2.36 crores directly as a result of criminal activities of forging of documents and illegal import and supply of goods on the basis of forged documents.
Later,M/s Alligators Design Pvt. Ltd., Delhi merged with its parent company M/s Trident Infosol Pvt. Ltd. During investigation, the directors of the company and their associates also admitted to their acts of forgery and falsification of documents. These aspects of forgery has also been confirmed by forensic reports.
Further investigation in the matter is in progress.
