The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over ₹36 crore in a case against IAS officer Babu Lal Agrawal, a Principal Secretary in the Chhattisgarh government, who faces corruption charges. The 1988 batch official had allegedly used shell companies to launder ill-gotten funds running into crores.
In February, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Mr. Agrawal, along with his brother-in-law and a middleman, for allegedly conspiring to bribe public servants for getting relief in two other cases registered by the agency against him in 2010.
He had allegedly promised to pay up ₹1.5 crore for the job.
Case of cheating
The two previous CBI cases relate to alleged impersonation and cheating, and disproportionate assets.
In 2010, the Income-Tax authorities had also conducted searches against Mr. Agrawal and his Chartered Accountant, Sunil Agrawal.
On the basis of the Income-Tax findings, the Chhattisgarh Police’s Economic Offences Wing registered a disproportionate assets case.
