New Delhi/Itanagar, November 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 1.51 crore in a money laundering investigation involving IAS officer Padma Jaiswal, who had served as Deputy Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district, and other accused persons.
The ED’s Itanagar Sub-Zonal Office issued a Provisional Attachment Order on November 13 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The attached assets include a commercial property in Chandigarh valued at Rs 1.42 crore and mutual fund investments worth Rs 9 lakh held in Jaiswal’s name.
According to the agency, the commercial property measures 29.626 square yards and is located at Booth No. 274 in Sector 40-D, Chandigarh. It is registered in the name of Vishu Bhanu Partap Mahto, Jaiswal’s brother.
The investigation stems from an FIR registered by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Guwahati against Jaiswal, Nor Bahadur Sonar, the then Finance and Accounts Officer, Rinchin Phuntsok, the then cashier, and others under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI subsequently filed a charge sheet on August 30, 2024, before the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) at Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh.
The ED alleges that Jaiswal, while serving as Bomdila Deputy Commissioner, conspired with other public servants to misappropriate government funds by fraudulently dissolving three government Deposit at Call Receipts and issuing 10 demand drafts totalling Rs 28 lakh in favour of private individuals.
The agency said Rs 19 lakh of the alleged proceeds of crime was diverted towards acquiring the Chandigarh property. Banking records, demand drafts and registered property documents established the financial trail linking the diverted funds to the purchase, it added.
The remaining Rs 9 lakh was allegedly routed through three demand drafts for a proposed plot purchase in Sector 86, Mohali, in the name of Jaiswal’s daughter, Pooja Jaiswal. The transaction was subsequently cancelled and the property was never registered in her name.
The ED said it had therefore attached mutual fund investments worth Rs 9 lakh held by Padma Jaiswal as assets representing the corresponding value of the remaining alleged proceeds of crime.
The agency has identified Rs 28 lakh as the total proceeds of crime in the case, while the present assessed value of the attached assets stands at Rs 1.51 crore. Further investigation is underway.
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