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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached 13 properties, cash and other assets worth Rs 8.80 crore of former IAS Officer, T.O Sooraj. This was done under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a Disproportionate Assets case of the State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), Special Cell, Ernakulam, Kerala.
The ED has also registered a case against the former IAS officer based on the FIR and charge sheet filed by the VACB, Special Cell, Ernakulam, under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
“Investigation initiated by ED revealed that the accused T.O Sooraj (retd. IAS), while working as a Government servant, has illegally acquired movable and immovable properties disproportionate to his known sources of income during the period from 01.01.2004 to 19.11.2014,” an official statement added.
“Investigation also revealed that the accused has illegally acquired properties consisting of 13 immovable properties, four vehicles and cash of Rs 23 lakh, totalling to Rs 8.8 crore, which have been generated out of proceeds of crime,” the statement said.
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