New Delhi: Having come under the Election Directorate (ED) scanner, the properties of Pradeep Kumar Satapathy, former Chairman of the Sonepur Panchayat Samiti in Odisha were attached in connection with a money laundering case.
The ED, in a statement, said that it has attached movable and immovable assets of Satapathy under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The ED registered a case of money laundering against Satpathy on the basis of The Vigilance Department of Odisha had registered an FIR against Satapathy under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for abusing his official position and accumulating huge assets amounting to Rs 1.1 crore, which was found to be disproportionate to his known sources of income from January 1, 1997, to January 1, 2010.
He was Sarpanch of Khari Gram Panchayat of Subarnapur district, Chairman of Sonepur Panchayat Samiti, and Vice Chairman of Sonepur Panchayat Samiti at that time.
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