What happened
India's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said on 13 November 2026 that its Itanagar Sub-Zonal Office provisionally attached property worth Rs 1.51 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in a money-laundering investigation against Padma Jaiswal, IAS, the then Deputy Commissioner of West Kameng District, Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, and others (Provisional Attachment Order No. 08/2026 dated 13.11.2026). The attached assets are a commercial booth in Sector 40-D, Chandigarh, standing in the name of a relative and valued at about Rs 1.42 crore, and about Rs 9 lakh in mutual fund investments in Jaiswal's name. The ED case follows a CBI (Anti-Corruption Branch, Guwahati) FIR and a CBI charge sheet filed on 30.08.2024 against Jaiswal, the then Finance & Accounts Officer Nor Bahadur Sonar, the then Cashier Rinchin Phuntsok and others. The ED alleges that, as Deputy Commissioner, Jaiswal conspired with other public servants to misappropriate government funds by fraudulently dissolving three Government Deposit at Call Receipts and issuing ten demand drafts totalling Rs 28 lakh to private individuals, falsely portrayed as government transactions, with about Rs 19 lakh used towards the Chandigarh property. These are allegations; the investigation is ongoing.
How the scam works
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Source
Source: https://x.com/dir_ed/status/2121196444405424278 (@dir_ed, Nov 13, 2026, 6:00 AM ET); https://x.com/dir_ed/status/2121196444405424278 (Directorate of Enforcement press release posted on X, 13 Nov 2026)
