ED attaches assets of IAS officer under PMLA

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth Rs 1.51 crore of IAS officer Padma Jaiswal and her family in connection with a money-laundering investigation against the bureaucrat who was accused of corruption during her posting in Arunachal Pradesh. The central agency said in a statement that a provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attaching a commercial property (Booth No. 274, Sector-40D) in Chandigarh in the name of Jaiswal's brother, Vishu Bhanu Partap Mahto, and mutual fund investments of Rs 9 lakh held in her name. The Chandigarh asset bears a current market value of Rs 1.42 crore, the ED said. The case is said to related to when she was posted as DC, Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh for allegedly conspiring to misappropriate government funds by dissolving Deposit at Call Receipts (DCRs) and routing diverted money to relatives. She is a 2003 batch AGMUT Cadre IAS officer. 

ED, Itanagar has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 1.51 Crore under the PMLA, 2002 in the case of Padma Jaiswal, IAS, Ex-Deputy Commissioner, Dist. Bomdila (AP) and others. The accused conspired to misappropriate government funds by dissolving Deposit at Call Receipts (DCRs) and issuing fraudulent demand drafts to private individuals, later routing the diverted money to acquire properties for close relatives.

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The ED also arrested Kuldeep Singh,  former Pathankot Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) and Nipun Mahajan associated with stone creusher and mining operations under the PMLA, 2002 on 11.11.2026 in connection with fraudulent transfer of 92 acres (734 kanals 1 marla) of prime Ravi River belt village common (shamlat) land in Pathankot to private individuals wherein illegal excavation of sand is being carried out. The PMLA Court, Jalandhar has granted ED custody of both the accused till  November 16, 2026.