New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable assets worth Rs 4.87 crore of Sunkkalp Creation Pvt. Ltd Director Kalpesh Daftary and other accused over alleged money laundering.
The attached assets include 5 immovable properties which include a commercial building in Mumbai and 4 commercial premises in Rajkot.
Investigation revealed that Kalpesh Daftary along with Niyaz Ahmed, Piyush Viramgama, Vijay Gadhiya and others forged 13 Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana Licences (VKGUY) and got them fraudulently sold to M/s Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) under the invoices of operating company M/s Hindustan Continental Ltd.
Investigation also revealed that the amount of Rs. 6.8 crore received for purchase of 13 VKGUY Licenses was siphoned off through accounts of various operating companies. It also revealed that these amount has already been used by accused Kalpesh Daftary and others. On identification of 5 commercial properties belonging to accused Kalpesh Daftary and Piyush Viramgama, a provisional attachment order of Rs. 4.87 crores was issued under PMLA.
Investigation under PMLA was initiated by the ED on the basis of FIR registered by Central Bureau of Investigation under section 120 B with 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A of IPC and 13(2) r/w 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Kalpesh Daftary of M/s Sunkkalp Creation Pvt. Ltd. and others for committing fraud to the tune of Rs 6.82 crores.
