New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a Prosecution Complaint under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary, proprietor of M/s Jagdamba Food Centre and others before the Hon’ble Special Judge (PMLA), Patna in a case related to embezzlement of Government funds. The Prosecution Complaint has been filed with a prayer for awarding punishment to the accused for committing offence of money laundering and confiscation of the attached assets worth Rs. 2.04 crore in the form of movable and immovable properties in his name and in the name of his family members.
ED initiated investigation under the provisions of PMLA on the basis of 03 FIRs registered by Laheraisarai Police, Darbhanga against Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary under Section 420 & 120B of IPC for embezzlement of Government funds to the tune of Rs. 20.32 Crores and investing the same in his own name as well as in the name of his family members.
Investigation under PMLA revealed that the accused Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary has acquired movable and immovable properties out of the proceeds of crime so generated. Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary, proprietor of M/s Jagdamba Food Centre entered into two agreements with Bihar State Food and Civil Services Supplies Corporation Ltd. (BSFCSC) for supply of custom milled rice out of the paddy supplied to M/s Jagdamba Food Centre. But M/s Jagdamba Food Centre did not supply custom milled rice as per the agreements. Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary has also filed an affidavit wherein he undertook to pay the price of the wheat he procured from BSFCSC, Darbhanga, but did not pay the price of the wheat and thereby causing loss to the Government exchequer to the tune of Rs. 20.32 crore.
It is also revealed that movable and immovable properties have been acquired by the accused Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary in his name as well as in the name of his family members. Accordingly, Provisional attachment order was issued attaching properties amounting to Rs. 2.04 crore on 15.04.2019. The Ld. Adjudicating Authority under PMLA had confirmed the attachment. The accused Dibesh Kumar Chaudhary was arrested on 29.06.2020 and at present is in judicial custody.
Further investigation is under progress.
