ED attaches Rs 35 cr assets of firm linked to Punjab AAP MLA

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has attached a property worth Rs 35.10 crore of a company, in which Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra was a director, as part of a probe linked to an alleged bank loan fraud. Majra, AAP MLA from Punjab’s Amargarh Assembly constituency, was arrested by the ED in connection with this case earlier in November.

“The asset, located in Malerkotla, belongs to Tara Corporation Limited and a provisional order under the PMLA has been issued to attach it,” the ED said in a statement. “The loan amount had been diverted to various bogus firms from Tara Corporation Limited, and thereafter, diverted and integrated into Tara Health Food Limited and another sister concern — Tara Sales Limited,” the ED said.

“The amounts received into Tara Health Food Limited had been used for the purposes other than for which loan was availed. An amount to the extent of Rs 3.12 crore had been “diverted” to the personal accounts of Majra besides Rs 33.99 crore to M/s THFL,” the ED said. The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR linked to an alleged bank loan fraud to the tune of Rs 40.92 crore.