Thursday, 19 OCTOBER 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the director of the Dehradun-based real estate firm Pushpanjali Realms and Infratech Limited Rajpal Walia on the charge of swindling flat buyers of crores of rupees taken as advance. Notably, Pushpanjali Realms and Infratech Ltd has been in the news since 2020. On the basis of complaints lodged by a score of deceived homebuyers, police registered cases against the owner of the firm Deepak Mittal, his wife Rakhi Mittal and the director Rajpal Walia in several police stations. ED sources informed that after he was lodged in Sudhowala jail, ED had taken Walia in its custody remand for five days for interrogation. Notably, ED had arrested his wife Shefali in connection with the same case in September. However, the prime accused of this high-profile swindling case Deepak Mittal, the owner of the company, and his wife Rakhi Mittal have been on the run. It is pertinent to mention here that ED has confiscated properties owned by the company worth Rs 31 crore. ED sources said that some important aspects of this money laundering case may be revealed during the interrogation of the arrested accused.
