Overview
- ED teams conducted coordinated searches at six residential premises, with four in and around Itanagar and one each at Likabali and Aalo.
- Investigators searched locations linked to the then Deputy Commissioner, the DLRSO, assessment officials, and key private conduits to secure documentary and digital evidence.
- The money-laundering case concerns land-acquisition compensation for the 157.70 km Potin–Bopi stretch divided into Yachuli, Ziro and Raga sectors.
- Officials say a ₹289.40 crore initial estimate was later capped at ₹198.56 crore, and alleged diversions to savings accounts and cheques to fake beneficiaries caused about ₹44 crore loss.
- The ED alleges inflated and fictitious assessments in the Yazali sector enabled payouts, and ₹2.2 crore in cash was recovered from a premises attributed to a fake beneficiary.