*Hooda said, these are old cases, he has nothing to do with it
Talking to media persons, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Haryana Vidhan sabha Bhupinder Singh Hooda said he had nothing to do with the too old land deal case where the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had attached immovable properties in 20 villages of Gurugram of value worth crores of rupees, which included properties of value worth Rs 834.03 crore belonging to the firm Emaar India Ltd, Rs 501.13 crore belonging to MGF Developments Ltd and Rs 332.69 crore belonging Sun Star Overseas.Of these both M/s Emaar India Ltd and M/s MGF Developments Ltd are being investigated for money laundering in connection with a residential plotted colony falling in Sector-65 and 66 of Gurugram.
The ED had initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the CBI in January 2019 under various sections of the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act against Hooda, Trilok Chand Gupta, then Director Town and Country Planning (DTCP), M/s Emaar MGF Land Ltd and 14 other coloniser companies as er the press statement. On 2nd June, 2009 the Haryana Government had issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act on 1,417.07 acres area. The Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth Rs 834 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a case involving former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda and EMAAR-MGF.
After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized assets worth ₹834 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case involving former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and EMAAR-MGF, the former CM a senior Congress leader while talking to media persons at Chandigarh on Friday said that he has nothing to do with this case. The attached assets include of EMAAR India Ltd for approximate value Rs 501.13 crore and MGF Developments Ltd of valued approximate Rs 332.69 crore, being probed for money laundering in connection with the license obtained from the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) for a residential plotted colony in Sector-65 and 66 of Gurugram. The agency initiated the investigation following an FIR registered by the CBI against then CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, then-director of DTCP Trilok Chand Gupta, EMAAR MGF Land Limited and 14 other colonizer companies. The ED alleged that the accused fraudulently and dishonestly obtained the Letters of Intent and licenses on the notified land, causing loss to landowners, the public, the state of Haryana and HUDA for self vested interest.
Several senior Congress leaders have strongly condemned raising questions over such action taken for money laundering allegations just at the time when Vidhan Sabha polls in the state have been declared . Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said how the election department (ED) of BJP and Capital Bureau of India (CBI) sleeping over the matter for a long time left sleep all of sudden became active prior to the Vidhan Sabha polls. He said, it is surprising how ED and CBI became so active at the time of elections in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Himachal, Rajasthan and now in Haryana.
