According to the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Shishir Kumar, an assistant engineer for Jila Parishad in Vaishali, Bihar, at the time, amassed assets that were out of proportion to his known sources of income by using corrupt and illegal methods while he was employed there. As a result, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has temporarily attached immovable and mobile properties worth Rs. 2.71 crores that belong to him. It was discovered that the purchases of properties made in the names of several property owners did not correspond to their legal sources of income.
The assets are held in the names of Shishir Kumar and his family members/relatives, including his wife Smt. Vinita Kumari, son, daughter, father, and brother. There are 23 mobile properties worth Rs. 14,24,955 and 23 immovable properties worth Rs. 2,57,73,706 in the attached properties.
Shishir Kumar and his wife Vinita Kumari were the targets of an FIR and accompanying Charge-Sheet filed by the Economic Offence Unit, Patna, Bihar, in accordance with the PMLA’s requirements.
The investigation conducted under the PMLA, 2002, found that the primary accused invested the profits of crime in order to purchase numerous movable and immovable properties in both his and his family members’ names in an effort to portray these properties as clean. There is now an ongoing inquiry into this subject.
