In a recent development related to a money laundering case involving former Madhya Pradesh IAS officer Arvind Joshi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets totaling Rs 5 crore. The ED, in a statement, announced the attachment of residential plots, agricultural lands, and a functioning resort in Bhopal district under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Arvind Joshi and his wife Tinoo Joshi have been under ED investigation for alleged disproportionate assets amounting to Rs 41.87 crore for over eight years.
The ED had previously issued a similar attachment order against the couple and filed a chargesheet. The case originated from a Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Police FIR against Arvind Joshi for amassing disproportionate assets between 1979 and 2010. Both officers were dismissed from service in 2014 following the investigation. Arvind Joshi surrendered before a district court in 2015 after the Supreme Court rejected his bail plea due to evading probe agencies for an extended period.
