Team News Riveting
Raipur, September 22
Two former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Alok Shukla and Anil Tuteja were sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for 28 days in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam.
Retired IAS officers Alok Shukla and Anil Tuteja, accused in the case, on Monday surrendered before the special Enforcement Directorate (ED) court. The court has remanded both the IAS officers to 28-day ED custody.
CRPF personnel were deployed outside the court premises during the surrender process. After getting the remand, the ED team flew both the accused to Delhi.
Sources said both would now be interrogated at the ED’s Delhi headquarters before being produced on October 16.
The IAS officer of 1986 batch, Alok Shukla had been attempting to surrender in court for the past five days. He appeared on September 18, but the court refused to accept his surrender citing Supreme Court order did not uploaded the order for rejecting anticipatory bail. Another attempt was made on September 19 but was unsuccessful as the ED lawyer did not appear with the case diary.
On Monday, he finally surrendered. Anil Tuteja, the 2003 batch IAS officer, also surrendered before the special ED court on Monday.
The case dates back to February 2015 when the alleged NAN scam was exposed during the term of then BJP government. The anti-corruption establishment of state police conducted simultaneous raids at 25 premises of Civil Supplies Corporation, the nodal agency for ensuring effective operation of the PDS system and its officials. It seized unaccounted cash totalling Rs 3.64 crore from the office.
In 2019, the ED lodged an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on the FIR and charge-sheet filed by Chhattisgarh’s Economic Offences Wing and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the civil supply scam.
Shukla was posted as Chairman of NAN and Tuteja as Managing Director when the alleged scam was unearthed.
