On Friday morning, Sanjeev Jaiswal, an IAS officer, arrived at the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Ballard Estate office in Mumbai, know his age, wife, batch and net worth
He begins the agency’s investigation into the money laundering accusations involving the COVID-19 megacenter scandal.
Maharashtra IAS Sanjeev Jaiswal biography, age, wife, batch, current posting, net worth
Sanjeev Jaiswal IAS officer appears before ED in relation to Covid jumbo centres scam
IAS officer sanjeev jaiswal reaches the ED office for questioning
Sanjeev Jaiswal has been asked to appear before the ED today for questioning
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Jaiswal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1996 batch, is currently the Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA). When the alleged COVID-19 mega centre scam occurred, he was the extra municipal commissioner in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
During the searches at Sanjeev Jaiswal’s Bandra residence, who previously served as an Additional Commissioner in BMC and currently holds the position of CEO of MHADA, several property documents valued at an alleged amount exceeding Rs 100 crores, fixed deposit receipts amounting to Rs 15 crores, jewelry were seized. Jaiswal has defended the properties, stating that they are valued at only Rs 34 crores, and claimed that they were gifted to his wife by her father, a retired Chief Commissioner of Income Tax department.
The agency had already called Jaiswal twice, but he was unable to participate in the investigation due to a variety of factors.
Shri Sanjeev Jaiswal
Id No. 044500
Posting: 04/09/1996;RR
Age: 50 Years
ED Enquires IAS Officer
According to sources, the ED wanted to record the IAS officer’s statement because he was a key BMC functionary who signed the contracts for healthcare services, employees, and equipment at the COVID-19 field hospitals. The agency wants to know what criteria were used to award contracts to companies associated with Sujit Patkar, a close aide to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut.
The ED raided 19 locations in Mumbai and elsewhere last week as part of its investigation into the Rs 38 crore COVID mega facility scam. Jaiswal’s home was also searched.
ED Seizes Property In Raid
The ED seized Rs 13 lakh in cash, property, and investment paperwork during a raid on his Bandra apartment. Jaiswal’s half-acre plot at Madh Island and other properties were also recognised by the agency. All of these properties could be valued at more than Rs 100 crore and are being investigated for the source of funds utilised to purchase them. Jaiswal claims that these are ancestral properties of their family, with some provided by cousins.
Additional Investigation Carried Out By The ED
Other senior BMC officials’ homes, Lifeline Hospital Management Services in Sasmira Marg, Worli, suppliers of oxygen concentrators and other equipment, contractors, and middlemen engaged in the alleged scheme were also raided.
The investigation is based on a case filed by the Mumbai police in August 2022 at the Azad Maidan police station in response to a complaint filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya. The case was transferred to the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing in October 2022. The ED later filed a PMLA lawsuit on the subject.
The lawsuit concerns the government-established field hospitals in Mumbai during the COVID-19 pandemic. The BMC was looking into contracting out healthcare staff and other facilities. The BJP said that contracts were awarded at exorbitant rates to contractors associated with Shiv Sena officials despite their lack of prior experience in healthcare services.
According to ED sources, massive theft of funds occurred in the overall COVID field centre contracts. They said that some money was used, while the rest was syphoned off by inserting false entries in the records in the names of doctors.
Approximately Rs 22 crore of the approximately Rs 32 crore spent by the BMC in payment for services or materials received from Lifeline Hospital Management Services was laundered. This money was routed through shell companies. The agency claims that large sums of money were removed and that a money trail has been established.
It has been claimed that certain payments were made to qualified individuals for the purpose of syphoning off money, but that they afterwards returned the money in cash to the suspects. However, the ED has not yet revealed where the money trail ends.
BMC COVID scam case | ED summons IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal. Jaiswal has been asked to appear before the ED today for questioning: ED
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