Chargesheet filed against Dadan, his kin in money laundering case

PATNA: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed chargesheet (prosecution complaint) against former minister Dadan Singh Yadav alias

Dadan Pahalwan

, his wife Usha Yadav, son Kartar Singh Yadav and a chartered accountant, Dinesh Kumar, seeking punishment against them in a money laundering case.

The chargesheet was filed before the special court of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Patna. ED, in its investigation, found that Dadan laundered money which were proceeds of crime, to show them as income from business and company operation, but no such business or company run by Dadan or his family members were found by the investigating agency.

The ED also made prayers in the chargesheet that orders be issued for confiscation of Dadan’s immovable and movable assets worth Rs 67.99 lakh which had been allegedly amassed from proceeds of crime by laundering money.

The assets of Dadan which have already been attached by ED are seven plots in Usha’s name in Dumraon worth around Rs 14.11 lakh, four plots in Kartar’s name at Dumraon and Baliya in Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 5.15 lakh, five vehicles in Dadan’s name worth Rs 27.88 lakh and one in Usha’s name worth Rs 2.66 lakh, two SUVs in Kartar’s name worth Rs 17.97 lakh and Rs 21,903 in bank account of the couple.

The ED had registered money laundering case against Dadan in 2014 on the basis of five criminal cases against him registered with different police stations in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. His wife and son are also co-accused in several cases.