The Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced on Wednesday that its Guwahati Zonal Office has attached movable properties valued at Rs 31.76 lakh belonging to an Income Tax Officer and his wife under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED’s investigation originated from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Guwahati against Khurshed Khan. The CBI subsequently filed a charge sheet on December 27, 2021, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, before a Special Court.
The ED probe revealed that Khan and his wife were in possession of assets disproportionate to their known sources of income during the period from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2019. These assets, held as deposits in bank and Post Office accounts, were allegedly acquired from “proceeds of crime.”
According to the agency, these illicit funds were generated through the misuse of Khan’s official position, unexplained cash deposits, layering of money, and fictitious sources. These purported sources included false claims of agricultural income, gifts from relatives, reimbursement of dubious departmental bills, and an unsubstantiated claim of income from garment stitching by his wife.
The investigation further found that the accused attempted to legitimise these properties by creating false and fabricated entries in a diary.