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Ranchi, May 18 (HS). The hearing of the anticipatory bail petition of former DGM of Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur Ashutosh Kumar, his wife Chayanika and relative Keshav Vats, accused in the money laundering case in Jharkhand High Court, was held on Saturday. Directing the ED to file its reply in the case, the court has fixed June 14 as the next hearing date.
In the investigation of the case registered by CBI, ED has found a case of money laundering against Ashutosh Kumar and others. After this, ECIR 2/2024 case was registered against him under PMLA Act. Also, under relevant sections of the PML Act, Ashutosh Kumar, his wife Chayanika Kumari and relative Keshav Vats have been made accused in the case. The case against these three accused for acquiring disproportionate assets worth Rs 1.96 crore is going on in the CBI court in Ranchi. A witness is being presented by the CBI in the case. Charges were framed against all three in the case on November 21, 2022.
It is noteworthy that CBI had registered an FIR on September 30, 2016 against Ashutosh Kumar accused of acquiring assets beyond his income. After investigation, CBI had filed a charge sheet against all three in January 2020. According to the CBI charge sheet, Ashutosh Kumar has misused his position and made illegal income of Rs 1 crore 96 lakh 27 thousand 625 between April 1, 2007 and October 7, 2016.