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New Delhi\/Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed charge sheet against former Odisha-based Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer Abhya Kant Pathak and his son Akash under the anti-money laundering law.<\/p>\n
The ED was probing alleged possession of disproportionate assets by the duo.<\/p>\n
A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Bhubaneswar has taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint, filed against the father-son duo on August 18, the federal agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The charge sheet has been filed with a \u201cprayer for conviction of the accused persons and confiscation of the proceeds of crime\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n
Pathak, a 1987-batch IFoS officer, was compulsorily retired by the Centre on the recommendation of the Odisha government following the registration of a vigilance case against him in November 2020 for alleged possession of disproportionate assets.<\/p>\n
The officer last worked as the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (plan, programme and afforestation) in the Odisha government.<\/p>\n
The ED case stems from this Odisha vigilance bureau FIR that accused Pathak of \u201cmisusing his official position and amassing ill-gotten wealth to an extent of Rs 9.35 crore\u201d.<\/p>\n
The agency said Akash Kumar Pathak was also booked for allegedly \u201cduping gullible people in lieu of providing jobs in Tata Motors.\u201d Apart from attaching assets worth over Rs 1 crore, a BMW car of the Pathaks was also seized by the Enforcement Directorate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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