Guwahati: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 8.94 crore in a disproportionate assets case involving a former Assam government officer and his wife, officials said on Saturday.
According to the agency, the attachment includes immovable properties valued at Rs. 8.90 crore in Guwahati and Goalpara, along with movable assets worth Rs. 3.71 lakh.
The action has been taken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
The case pertains to Akhtar Hussain, former Divisional Soil Conservation Officer of the Cachar Soil Conservation Division in Silchar, and his wife Dr Jasmine Rahman, a Senior Medical and Health Officer posted in Kamrup Metropolitan.
The money laundering probe was initiated following an FIR registered by the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell of Assam Police, accusing Hussain of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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Investigators said that during the check period between April 9, 2003 and February 28, 2023, Hussain allegedly accumulated assets worth Rs. 8.97 crore—about 191.5 per cent more than his declared income.
The ED further claimed that several properties were purchased at values far higher than those recorded in sale deeds, allegedly to conceal the flow of proceeds of crime.
The agency also found that multiple properties were registered in the names of family members to create layers of concealment, while assets acquired through the alleged illegal proceeds were used to generate regular rental income.
In addition, cash deposits of Rs. 11.91 lakh were traced to Hussain’s bank accounts, and Rs. 59.89 lakh to his wife’s accounts.
The ED said further investigation in the case is ongoing.
