Enforcement Directorate books former Uttar Pradesh Minister Ranganath Mishra for money laundering

Investigations revealed that Ranganath Mishra’s actual income between May 13, 2007, and October 5, 2011, was about Rs.1.57 crore, but he had allegedly spent over Rs.7.61 crore.

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Uttar Pradesh Minister Ranganath Mishra based on the findings of a case registered by the State’s vigilance unit and the findings of the Lokayukta.

The then UP Chief Minister Mayawati had in 2011 suspended Secondary Education Minister Ranganath Mishra after Lokayukta Justice (retired) N. K. Mehrotra had indicted him for possessing wealth disproportionate to known sources of income.

Last year, the Akhilesh Yadav government gave permission to the vigilance unit to file a charge-sheet and prosecute the former Minister on charges of disproportionate assets. Investigations revealed that Mr. Mishra’s actual income between May 13, 2007, and October 5, 2011, was about Rs.1.57 crore, but he had allegedly spent over Rs.7.61 crore.