In a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against the RB Educational Trust, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched eight locations in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. These searches were conducted in the regions of Jammu, Kathua, and Pathankot by the federal agency’s detectives. The raids are related to a case that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is looking into. On September 12, 2020, the CBI submitted a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the situation.
A chargesheet was also filed by the CBI in the case on October 28, 2021. The chargesheet established offences committed by one Kanta Andotra, the chairperson of RB Educational Trust, and Ravinder Singh, then Patwari of Patwar Halqa Karandi Khurd and Muthi Hardo in 2011, who in criminal connivance issued three fards of more than 329 kanals of land during January 4, 2011, to January 7, 2011, without mentioning details in respect of violation of ceiling limit of 100 standard kanals imposed under Section 14 of the Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act 1976 thereby giving undue pecuniary advantage to trust.
“On the basis the the three fards, the trust acquired multiple pieces of land approx 329 Kanals vide three gift deeds executed on January 5, 2011 and January 7, 2011,” said the ED.