Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen a property of Ashok Kumar , brother of arrested Tamil Nadu minister, Senthil Balaji. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths had conducted a search at the sprawling property of Ashok Kumar at Andankoil east on the Karur- Salem road in Karur.
There were allegations that Ashok Kumar is constructing a huge mansion in the property using the funds of Senthil Balaji in an a property measuring 2.49 acres of land.
The property was registered in the name of Nirmala, wife of Ashok Kumar registered in Melakarur Sub Registrar office. The property is gifted to Nirmala by her mother, Lakshmi who had reportedly purchased it from a person by clearing a huge loan availed from a bank. The ED officials had earlier sent a notice to Nirmala to appear before the officials on Wednesday, but after she did not turn up, the department issued notice to freeze the property.
The Enforcement Directorate has served a notice to Nirmala, wife of Ashok Kumar with Brijesh Beniwal, assistant director of the department stating that the action of freezing the property has been taken under Section 17 (1-A) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
The action, according to the notice was endorsed by Piyush Yadav, Joint Director of the Enforcement Directorate. Sources told IANS that the ED has already sent a communication to the Sub Registrar’s office, Mela Karur on the action taken by the department in freezing the property of A. Nirmala, wife of Ashok Kumar. V, brother of Senthil Balaji.
Senthil Balaji who is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case related to the Job for Cash scam on June 14, 2023. He is now in five-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)and is being interrogated for the third consecutive day today.
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