Itanagar, Sep 21 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate has on Tuesday carried out search operations in Arunachal Pradesh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in respect of an investigation relating to the Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH) project’s land compensation case.
It has frozen bank accounts, recurring deposits and fixed deposits having a balance of Rs 3.95 crore, the federal probe agency said on Wednesday.
The ED has initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR, dated February 1, 2019, registered by Special Investigation Cell (Vigilance) Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and Section 13(1)(a) & 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988.