Enforcement Directorate questions Madhya Pradesh PMT scam accused Pradeep Raghuwanshi

INDORE: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials questioned Madhya Pradesh PMT ( MP PMT) scam accused Pradeep Raghuwanshi today to find out movable and immovable assets acquired by him with his alleged black money.

Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), which is probing the MPPEB scam, arrested Raghuwanshi who was employed as a general manager at the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS) after the scam broke out in 2013.

A senior ED official said Raghuwanshi was questioned about investments he made to convert black money into white and his statements were recorded.

Currently, he is lodged in Bhopal Central Jail under judicial custody and was brought to ED's Sub-Zonal Office here for questioning.

ED has registered a case against him and ten others accused in the MP PMT scam under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).