In accordance with the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted search operations at 8 premises connected to various accused persons based in Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) in a Money Laundering case against Sudhir Ratnakar Peter Das and others in case of illegal alienation of the lands.
Based on an FIR filed in the MP district of Dhar in the matter of Sudhir Ratnakar Peter Das and others illegally alienating the lands of the Government of Madhya Pradesh in concert with one another, the ED opened an investigation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The then-Mahraja of Dhar, Anand Rao Pawar, gave the subject property to Dr. (Miss) Margerate O’Hara of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission with the express intent of erecting a women’s hospital and a building for the doctors to live in.
The accused fraudulently misappropriated numerous acres of prime land owned by the government of Madhya Pradesh, according to an inquiry by the ED. These land parcels now have an estimated market value of more than Rs. 151 Crore. The government of Madhya Pradesh suffered a significant loss as a result of these lands being alienated and thereafter sold to different accused individuals.
A cash sum of around Rs 26 lakh, information on immovable assets that were unlawfully obtained, as well as other damning papers, were discovered and seized during the search operations. Further research is now being conducted.
