Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ahmedabad has provisionally attached immovable
assets worth Rs. 5.92 Crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002,
in connection with a case against Pradeep Sharma (IAS-Retired), Sanjay Shah & Ors. The
assets include immovable properties in the form of plots worth Rs. 5.92 Crore located in Bhuj,
Kutch, Gujarat.
ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of the FIR registered by the
CID, Crime Branch, Border Zone, Bhuj, Gujarat, for cheating and criminal breach of trust.
ED investigation revealed that Pradeep Sharma, in connivance with other revenue
officials, was involved in cheating and illegal allotment of valuable government land by
leveraging his position as the District Collector of Bhuj, Gujarat. He disregarded various
government resolutions and allotted the land illegally to one Sanjay Shah, which caused an
undue loss to the Gujarat Government.
Sanjay Shah later developed the said land into residential plots and generated further
Proceeds of Crime (POC). Accordingly, ED conducted an investigation, which established the
trail of POC generated Sanjay Shah, and the same was attached vide Provisional Attachment
Order dated. 25.04.2025.
Further investigation is under progress
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