Besides the Singhs, the others named are Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan, LIC agent Anand Chauhan and two other co-accused, Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others on Thursday in a money laundering case. Besides the Singhs, the others named are Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent Anand Chauhan and two other co-accused, Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach.
The charge sheet is with respect to the attachment of Fixed Deposits, bank accounts of Pratibha Singh, Virbhadra, Vikramaditya, Aprajita and immovable property at W-122, Greater Kailash Part one in Delhi valued at Rs 4.47crore.
The agency has had registered the enforcement case investigation report (ECIR), equivalent to FIR, on October 27, 2015 after Central Bureau of Investigation registered an FIR against the accused alleging that huge amount of unaccounted money has been invested in LIC policies in the name of Virbhadra and his family members. Virbhadra with other accused persons, in order to legitimise the money and projecting the same as untainted created a ante-dated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 15, 2008, for management of Shrikhand orchard in Damrali. Further fake sale proceeds showing sale of apples of Shrikhand orchard to Universal Apple associates of co-accused Chunni Lal Chauhan were made to justify the source of cash deposits made in the bank account of Anand Chauhan and subsequent investment in LIC policies as agricultural income from sale of apples of Shrikhand orchard.
The filing of of revised income tax return for 2009-10 to 2011-12 for Virbhadra was also in line to the mechanism adopted to project proceeds of crime as generated from agricultural income.
Virbhadra through other co-accused persons Pratibha Singh and Anand Chauhan indulged in money laundering by investing tainted money in LIC polices in the name of members of his family to show legitimate income arising out of insurance policies. The redemption amount of some of the policies was used for purchasing a house at W-122, Greater Kailash, Part one.
Anand Chauhan then deposited the proceeds of crime of Virbhadra in his bank accounts and two others . He bought LIC policies worth Rs 5.14 crore in the name Virbhadra's family in cash.
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