Income Tax Officer in ED Net: ₹31.7L Assets from Unexplained Cash Deposits Provisionally Attached under PMLA
The various sources of illicit income including false agricultural income, fabricated gifts from relatives, reimbursement of non-existent departmental bills and other fictitious claims.
The Guwahati Zonal Office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached movable properties worth approximately ₹31.76 lakh belonging to an Income Tax Officer, and his wife, under the provisions of the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
The Directiorate had launched an investigation on the basis of a FIR registered by the CBI, Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Guwahati, against the arranged income tax officer Khurshed Khan.
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As per the findings uncovered by the ED, Khurshed Khan and his wife possessed disproportionate assets accrued during the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019 - in the form of bank and post office. These deposit amounts were found to exceed the plausible income earned by the couple from their known sources of income.
A press release by the ED notes that these assets were allegedly generated through misuse of official position, unexplained cash deposits and layering of funds through fictitious channels.
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The investigation revealed that the couple attempted to project the proceeds of crime as legitimate assets by fabricating financial records and diary entries. The alleged sources of illicit income included false agricultural income, fabricated gifts from relatives, reimbursement of non-existent departmental bills, and even a fictitious claim of income from garment stitching by his wife.
The CBI subsequently filed a charge sheet dated December 27, 2021, under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) and 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 before the Special Court.
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The ED concluded that these properties represented proceeds of crime and proceeded to provisionally attach them under the PMLA framework pending adjudication under the PMLA framework through an Order dated November 29, 2025.
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As the government cracks down on taxpayers who evade the eye of the taxman, instances arraigning those instated to uphold the law is disheartening news nonetheless.
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