The Enforcement Directorate discovered this during searches at Sanjeev Jaiswal’s home in connection with a money laundering investigation involving contracts for Covid field hospital services. Sanjeev Jaiswal is an IAS officer, and he and his wife are the owners of 24 properties worth Rs 34 crore, as well as Rs 15 crore in fixed deposits, according to the Enforcement Directorate. The inquiry agency claims that IAS Sanjeev Jaiswal made a dubious FD of Rs 5 crore during the Covid-19 period in 2020.
On Friday, Sanjeev Jaiswal appeared before the ED to answer questions. He was observed entering the ED office in South Mumbai’s Ballard Estate about 11.30 am. For more than eight hours, he was being questioned.
Sanjeev Jaiswal told the ED that his father-in-law, a senior retired official himself, handed him and his wife properties worth Rs 34 crore as a gift. Jaiswal went on to claim that his father-in-law had given his wife the FDs stated before as a gift. On June 21, the investigation agency searched 15 places that had ties to a number of individuals, including the IAS official. Jaiswal has previously served as an additional commissioner for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The ED discovered property-related papers, cash, and jewellery valued at close to Rs 2.4 crore during the operations. During the search, ED officials discovered records of a number of traits in the names of Jaiswal’s family members.
The majority of these properties, which number 24 in total, are located in Mumbai and other key Maharashtrian cities and regions. The ED stated that several suspicious transactions from the account of Sujit Patkar’s Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LFMS) are also being looked at, in addition to FDs and real estate. BMC had handed Patkar’s business, LFMS, contracts to oversee Covid centres in Worli and Dahisar, and paid the business around Rs 30 crore in return. Of this, Rs 22 crores were transferred to other accounts and enterprises by Patkar and his pals.
According to PTI, the ED raids last week in Mumbai were sparked by the money laundering case against businessman Sujit Patkar, who is said to be connected with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. Patkar and his three associates are charged with illegally acquiring BMC contracts for running Covid-19 field hospitals during the outbreak.