Land Scam ED has attached movable/immovable properties in the name of various persons including its main mastermind, Sudhir Peter Das.

NEW DELHI /29.01.2024///  has provisionally attached movable/immovable properties amounting to Rs. 8,53,50,392/(having present market value estimated to be more than Rs. 151 Crore) under the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in the case of Dhar Land Scam of Madhya Pradesh. This attachment comprises the illegally occupied land parcel belonging to the Madhya Pradesh Government and also Proceeds of Crime generated by Sudhir Ratnakar Peter Das & others by further sale of part of said Government land. The attached properties comprise 56 immovable properties and 02 movable properties (fixed deposits), which are in the name of various persons including the main mastermind, Sudhir Ratnakar Peter Das. ED initiated the investigation on the basis of the FIR registered and the Chargesheet filed by Madhya Pradesh Police for the offences registered under various sections of IPC, 1860. The subject land was given by the then Maharaja of Dhar, Anand Rao Pawar to Dr. (Miss) Margerate O’ Hora of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission for the sole purpose of setting up a Womens’ Hospital and residential facility for the doctors. After Dr. Hora left for Canada in 1927, the said land holding was abandoned and was recorded as government land as per Misal Bandobast (Government records) of 1927-28 of district Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. Thereafter, the subject government land was illegally alienated through a conspiracy hatched and executed by Sudhir Ratnakar Peter Das in connivance with various individuals and religious institutions. It involved collusive proceedings before revenue and judicial authorities, obliterating records, manipulation of records etc. in collusion with private individuals as well as public officials. ED investigation revealed that government land having area 3.567 hectares located at Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh was divided by Sudhir Das in connivance with other persons into various plots and sold to various persons fraudulently by making forged documents with deceitful and dishonest intention to gain profit. Further investigation is under process.