Overview
- In a January 14 communication to the Chief Secretary, DGP and DVAC, the ED pressed for immediate FIRs based on material it says constitutes actionable evidence.
- The dossier cites 102 images of WhatsApp chats, transfer orders and bribe confirmations tied to about 340 officers and engineers, with alleged payments ranging from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 1 crore per posting.
- The ED pegs laundering at Rs 365.87 crore, including roughly Rs 223.65 crore via projects linked to True Value Homes, over Rs 54 crore in benami assets and about Rs 44 crore for properties abroad.
- The evidence was recovered during April 2025 searches connected to a separate CBI bank‑fraud case later quashed, and the ED says it forwarded the material under PMLA section 66(2) despite its own ECIR being disposed for lack of a predicate offence.
- State authorities have so far limited action to preliminary inquiries without registering FIRs, and the ED has warned—citing a Supreme Court ruling—that non‑registration could attract PMLA liability, while K. N. Nehru has declined detailed comment.