Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In its charge sheet submitted to the special court on Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate has claimed that the 52 kg gold bars and Rs 11 crore found in a car belong to former RTO constable Saurabh Sharma, officials said.
The ED filed its roughly 3,000-page charge sheet against the 12 accused in the money-laundering case, including Sharma, his mother, Uma Sharma, his wife, Diviya Sharma, his in-law, Rohit, and his aides, Chetan Singh Gaur and Sharad Jaiswal.
On Tuesday, only Sharma’s mother was present in the court, and she left after signing her order sheet.
Sharad Jaiswal’s lawyer Rajneesh Bariya said that the ED has registered a case against the three under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. In the charge sheet, the registry of illegal property, bank statements related to illegal money in bank accounts, and documents of fake companies created by the accused have been presented.
Advocate Bariya said that two cases have been registered against Sharma and his aides in the case. The first case is related to illegal property, and the second has been registered considering them as directors of fake companies.
The ED has found the details of property worth more than Rs 300 crore during its searches. The agency had already seized property worth Rs 100.36 crore, allegedly belonging to the people involved in the case. According to sources, the agency has found Sharma’s property in Dubai as well.
Earlier, the Income Tax Department had seized cash and gold from an Innova vehicle belonging to Chetan Singh Gaur. The ED initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Lokayukta Police Establishment, Bhopal, against Sharma.
Accused can apply for bail today
The lawyers of Saurabh Sharma, his associates Sharad Jaiswal and Chetan Gaur, who are in jail, can apply for bail in the court on Wednesday. The case is to be heard on April 11, and there can be a debate on the bail that day.
