NH74 scam is in news again, PMLA court sent summons to many, know the latest update in this case
In the NH 74 scam that came to light in 2017, the Special Court (Money Laundering) has taken cognizance of a charge sheet of 2022. The Enforcement Directorate had filed a charge sheet in this case in the year 2022. ED has filed 7 charge sheets in this case. At the same time, the court has now also taken cognizance of the seventh charge sheet. Along with this, summons have been sent to seven people. This includes PCS officer DP Singh, then SDM Kashipur Dinesh Bhagat, former Tehsildar Madan Mohan and some people of private companies. The hearing of this case has been fixed on December 2.
This case of NH-74 is of the year 2017. During that time Trivendra Singh Rawat was the Chief Minister in the state and many officers were suspended in this case. It was alleged that irregularities were done during the allocation of compensation amount in the widening of the national highway. The government had handed over the investigation to the SIT. In 2017, PCS officer DP Singh was given a charge sheet on the investigation of Kumaon Commissioner. Apart from this, on the basis of the SIT report of the police, the government had also given a charge sheet to DP Singh, to which the PCS officer had replied and termed the allegations as false.
In this case, the government had got the entire matter investigated by the investigating officer and got the allegations tested on the basis of the reply. In the investigation done at the government level also, the allegations against PCS officer DP Singh were proved to be wrong and on the basis of the report of the investigating officer, the government had given a clean chit to PCS officer DP Singh. ACS Personnel Anand Vardhan in the government has already confirmed this.
At the same time, after the case came into discussions, ED also started its investigation in it and registered 7 cases one after the other. Since the case was registered, the Special Court is taking cognizance of the charge sheets. In the latest case, cognizance has been taken of the seventh charge sheet of 2022.
At the same time, giving information, PCS officer DP Singh’s advocate Vikas Arora said that in 5 cases, ED has not been able to prove the allegations of money trail against DP Singh. Under Section 45 of the Money Laundering Act, the money trail against DP Singh was not proved in the court, so charges could not be framed against him in five cases. Apart from this, the case of POC (Proceeds of Crime) was not made out and this could not be proved in the statements under Section 50 as well.
