DC office not cooperating: ED

On January 2 and January 9, the ED wrote to the sub-registrar’s office asking for certain documents, including the sale deed of some properties which are under its scanner.

The letter, dated January 2, asked for the details of SCF no 2 in Sector 22-D, registered in the name of M/s Radhe Shree Centre Pvt Ltd, while the second letter asked for the details of SCO no 173-174 in Sector 8, and plot no 26 and 141 in phase 1 and 2 respectively of the Industrial Area.

On Friday, the ED office received a reply from the office of the sub-registrar, stating that it was not possible to supply the requisite information due to non-computerisation and voluminous nature of the records.

Reacting sharply, a senior ED official said that it was surprising that it took the DC office more than three weeks to inform that the details could not be provided due to their functional issues.

“This hampered our ongoing investigation. This stereotype reply could have been sent to us immediately and we could provide them more details like the serial number or the date of registration of the sale deeds,” he said.

“When our office contacted sub-registrar Amrinder Singh on Friday, he said the file was put up late. It clearly shows that his office was taking the case lightly despite the letters being marked very urgent,” he said.

Amrinder told Newsline that his office did not find the record. “We are ready to assist them if they provide us more details,” he said.