PoliticsPhoto: Amar UjalaED Attaches Rs 5.37 Crore in MP Marriage Assistance Scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bhopal has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 5.37 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The probe relates to alleged money laundering in the 'Marriage Assistance Scheme' of Madhya Pradesh, where Rs 30.18 crore was fraudulently distributed during the lockdown when marriages were banned. Shobhit Tripathi, former CEO of Sironj Janpad Panchayat, allegedly approved 5,923 suspicious cases to divert funds meant for poor construction workers' daughters. The case was registered based on an FIR filed by Bhopal Economic Offences Wing under IPC and anti-corruption laws.
Amar Ujala··Bhopal



