The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested two persons under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in a case related to the “fraudulent sanctioning of loan by the J&K State Co-operative Bank (JKSTCB) to the tune of ₹250 crores in 2019”.
An ED spokesman said the agency’s teams conducted search and survey operations at eight locations in Srinagar and arrested Mohammad Shafi Dar, the then Chairman of JKSTCB, and Hilal Ahmad Mir, Chairman of the River Jehlum Co-operative House Building Society.
The spokesman said both were arrested under the provisions of the PMLA in a case of “fraudulent sanctioning of loan by the JKSTCB to the tune of ₹250 crores in 2019 to a fake cooperative society, River Jehlum Co-operative House Building Society, Shivpora, Srinagar”.