The Goa Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Panaji had filed a prosecution complaint before the Special Court (Prevention of Money Laundering Act or PMLA), Mapusa, on April 12 under the PMLA, 2002 in a money laundering case against 36 persons in a matter of illegal land grabbing in Goa. The special court has taken cognisance of the prosecution’s complaint on May 13, 2024, the ED said on Thursday in a press statement.
The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of various First Information Reports (FIRs) on illegal land grabbing registered in different police stations in Goa. “Further, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the land grab case has been formed by the Goa Police to investigate all such illegal land grabbing cases in Goa. The SIT is investigating 41 such land grabbing cases,” an official of the ED said.
The investigation revealed that the accused persons were involved in creating forged documents in their own names and those of their associates, illegally acquiring several properties, selling some of these properties, and generating proceeds of crime.
