The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached seven immovable properties worth approximately ₹23.72 crore in a money laundering case involving IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and his close associates. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, as per ED’s statement on December 16.
The attached properties include three land parcels in Nagpur (Maharashtra), one flat in Delhi, and three flats in Jaipur (Rajasthan). These assets were allegedly acquired using proceeds of crime through illegal activities and were registered under the names of close associates of Sanjeev Hans, including Praveen Chaudhary and Pushparaj Bajaj.
The case stems from an FIR filed by the Bihar Police’s Special Vigilance Unit, which accused Hans, the former Principal Secretary of Bihar’s Energy Department, of financial misconduct. On Monday, the ED submitted a charge sheet in Patna’s PMLA Court against Sanjeev Hans, former MLA Gulab Yadav, Pushparaj, Sadab, and three companies. The charge sheet includes statements from witnesses, confiscated documents, and records of interrogations. The court will now set a date for the hearing and issue summons to the accused.
Previously, the ED arrested Sanjeev Hans in Patna and Gulab Yadav in Delhi. Investigations also included questioning Hans’ wife. Earlier raids were conducted across 13 locations, including Gurugram and Delhi, as part of the ongoing investigation into money laundering activities.
