Punjab-cadre IAS officer Anurag Verma skipped the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday in connection with its ongoing probe into the scam related to the Mohali-based Suntec City and Altus Space Builders Private Limited case.
They were accused of allegedly cheating landowners and customers through fraudulent CLUs and related documents. In the complaint, the agency has accused realtor Ajay Sehgal of being the alleged mastermind behind the generation and concealment of proceeds of crime estimated at ₹ 348 crore. Sehgal, described by the ED as a key promoter of the Suntec City project, was arrested on May 22. The money-laundering case stems from an FIR registered at the Mullanpur police station in November 2022 against Sehgal and other office-bearers of the Indian Cooperative Housing Building Society, including Suresh Kumar Bajaj, Aashish Kamra and Rajesh Girdhar.
“Anurag Verma has written to the investigation officer concerned of the feeding agency, seeking adjournment of the hearing. On July 20, the ED filed a nearly 3,500-page prosecution complaint before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mohali.
He will be re-summoned in near future,” an officer privy to the investigation said.
