Kolkata, Dec 29 (Bureau) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable assets worth Rs. 3.68 crore, under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, which includes bank balances worth Rs. 2.14 Crore and immovable assetsworth Rs. 1.54 crore situated in Odisha, Kolkata and Pune belonging to Dinesh Kumar Rathi and other associates in connection with a case of alleged involvement in online cricket betting, official sources said on Thursday. The central probe agency in a statement said that it has initiated the investigation on the basis of FIR & Chargesheet filed by the Odisha Police under various sections of IPC and Prize Chit and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978.
The ED’s investigation revealed that Dinesh Kumar Rathi, R. Lalie Achary and their accomplices have allegedly committed the offence of carrying out anonline betting racket. “The accused persons lured the gullible public to invest money in this illegal betting racket and gave them a false assurance of getting a profitable margin of return while siphoning off their hard-earned money. The accused persons, hence, allegedly accumulated proceeds of crime which were subsequently invested in properties and also used for their personal gain,” the ED said.