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Our Bureau Eight senior officials of the Mines Department, including IAS officers Sanjay Sethi and Ashok Singhvi, will face prosecution on charges of corruption and money laundering, as a Special Court here has accepted the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) prosecution complaint.
The court issued arrest warrants against them on Monday.
According to an ED press note, it had initiated investigation against Sanjay Sethi and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following an FIR filed by its Anti-Corruption Branch, Jaipur, on allegations of corruption in the Mines Department. The ED has charged Sethi with taking a bribe of ₹2.5 crore for re-starting a mine.
The ED note says same amount was to be distributed among seven other accused. They are Pankaj Gehlot (then Additional Director, Headquarters, Directorate of Mines and Geological Department, Udaipur), Puhskar Raj Ameta (then Superintendent Mining Engineer, Mines and Geological Department, Bhilwara), CA Shyam Sunder Singhvi, Mohammad Rashid Sheikh, Dhirendra Singh Alias Chintu, and Tamanna Begum w/o Late Mohamed Sher Khan.
The ED has attached the ₹2.5 crore. The court has now taken cognisance of the offence and sought their presence in the court.
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