Court takes cognizance of ED complaint against IAS officer, others

Jammu, Feb 13 (KF): Special Judge CBI Bala Joyti today took cognizance against IAS officer and others in ED complaint and directed all the accused to appear on April 26, 2024.

The complaint under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 for the commission of offences under Section 3 and punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 has been filed by the Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement Government of India Transport Nagar Jammu against IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan, Rahul Grover, Gajan Singh, Itrat Hussain Rafiqui, Tariq Athar Beigh, Zumurad Hussain Shah, Syed Adeel Hussain Shah alias Sayed Adeel Hussain Shah, Syed Akeel Shah, Abdi Hussain Shah, Madan Mohan Bhargav, Mukesh Bhargav, Devi Dayal Khajuria, Kumar Jyoti Ranjan, Kripa Shankar Roy, Gaganpreet Singh, Hunney Preet Singh, Razia Rafiqi and Syed Atiq Ur Reham Nazki alias Dr Atiqualla.

After perusal of the contents of the complaint carefully and entire material on record, the court said, “it transpires that prima facie accused person appears to have committed offences as such process be issued for securing their presence accordingly”, adding “office is directed to issue notices to accused persons for appearance and for filing their reply on the next date of hearing”.

During the course of hearing an application was moved to defer taking of cognizance in ED complaint No. ECIR/JMSZ04/2020 till the status report of predicated offence’s from CBI is obtained and till the final report under Section 173 of J&K CrPC is filed before the CBI court.

“A copy of the same is furnished to the other side for detailed response. Let this matter come up again on 26.04.2024 for the appearance of all accused persons and for further proceedings”, court ordered.

Special PP Ashwani Khajuria appeared for Directorate of Enforcement.