A significant development has transpired in the ongoing investigation by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) into M/s Premia Projects Ltd., M/s Solitaire Infomedia Pvt. Ltd., and their directors, namely Tarun Shienh, Mrs. Rekha Shienh, Mrs. Luxmy Rajput, and Charanjeet Singh Dani. On December 1, 2023, the ED presented a Prosecution Complaint (PC) before the Hon’ble Special Court, PMLA, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The Honourable Court duly acknowledged and took cognizance of the PC on December 22, 2023.
This legal action stems from multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) against individuals including Tarun Shienh, the Chairman and Managing Director of Premia Group, Mrs. Rekha Shienh, and Mrs. Luxmy Rajput. These FIRs were filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Economic Offence Wing (EOW), Delhi, based on charges of fraud lodged by several home buyers. The FIRs were filed under different sections of the Gangster Act and the Indian Penal Code, of 1860. The prosecution complaint has been formally filed in the Special Court, PMLA, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
In the course of the ED’s investigation, movable and immovable properties valued at an estimated Rs. 24.17 crore were provisionally attached. The ED executed this action through a Provisional Attachment Order dated June 16, 2022. Subsequently, on July 13, 2022, an Original Complaint was submitted to the PMLA, New Delhi Adjudicating Authority. The complaint received validation from the Adjudicating Authority through an order dated December 2, 2022.
