VIJAY
Ranchi, March 4: Jharkhand government chief engineer Virendra Ram had paid Rs Five Crore to Delhi based Chartered Accountant Mukesh Mittal to launder money in the bank account of his father Genda Ram.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged an FIR against Virendra Ram, Mukesh Mittal and others at Delhi police for for forging KYC to open fake bank accounts which were used for money laundering.
Mukesh Mittal and his wife told ED that Virendra Ram met him about four to six months ago. He sought help of Mukesh Mittal to launder funds into his father’s Genda Ram bank account in lieu of cash to the tune of Rs Five Crore which Mukesh Mittal agreed to against a fee of 2.50%.
Mukesh Mittal admitted that he received a total of Rs Five crore cash from Virendra Ram over a period of two months and that Virendra Ram used to send him the cash amount in lots of around 25-50 lakh each time with help of domestic hawala.
The ED has disclosed this in the FIR. The ED is investigating a case against Virendra Ram purported as tender scam. In this connection the ED raided several premises of Virendra Ram, Mukesh Mittal and others on February 22.
The ED in the complaint stated that Mukesh Mittal took the help of one entry operator named Ram Prasad Bhatia (7082554064) who used to collect the cash from Mukesh Mittal and as per Mukesh’s instructions Ram Prasad Bhatia used to credit transfer in the bank accounts of Rakesh Kumar Kedia, Manish and Neha Shrestha. All these amounts were then subsequently pooled into the bank account of Genda Ram.
A rent agreement with an address of Delhi was drawn between Genda Ram and Mukesh Mittal only to facilitate Genda Ram to open a New Delhi Canara Bank account by using the local address and then further use the account for layering of bribes earned by Virendra Ram.
Mukesh Mittal admitted that he filed the only ITR of Genda Ram for the FY 2021- 22, wherein Rs. 8.70 crore was shown as receivables, and this amount was fictitious and was mentioned only to justify the future incoming of money in the bank account of Genda Ram and no break up of receivables was filed.
Investigation revealed that one Tara Chand, resident of Rohini in New Delhi created forged IDs and KYC documents in the name of one fictitious entity Sachin Gupta for opening of three bank accounts in the name of three different proprietorship firms namely Shri Khatushyam Traders, Anil kumar Govind Ram Traders and Om Traders, which were used for routing of illicit funds of Virendra Ram.
During the raid old Indian currency notes worth Rs. Rs. 9.46 Lakh were recovered from the premises of Mukesh Mittal.
