ED attaches immovable properties, bank accounts of late IAS officer Dyaneshwaran, his family members

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chennai Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties, fixed deposits (FDs), and slope accounts astir worthy ₹2.56 crore that belonged to precocious A.N. Dyaneshwaran, who was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, and his household members nether the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The ED initiated an probe successful 2017 connected the ground of an FIR/charge-sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chennai, nether the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against Dyaneshwaran. It was alleged successful the FIR that portion functioning arsenic a nationalist servant successful assorted capacities successful the Tami Nadu government, helium had abused his authoritative position, and done corrupt and unlawful means amassed assets, which were highly disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The charge-sheet filed by the CBI connected March 14, 2001, quantified the disproportionate assets held by late Dyaneshwaran and his household astatine ₹7.34 crore, for the play betwixt July 11, 1991, and January 31, 1996. The proceedings of this lawsuit is astatine an precocious stage.

The ED probe revealed that the erstwhile IAS officer, portion serving arsenic a nationalist servant, acquired respective immovable and movable assets successful the sanction of his household members, M/s Shilpi Grih Constructions, and Dr. Dharmambal Namasivayam Trust.

Accordingly, the ED has attached 16 immovable properties, retired of which 12 immovable properties are nonstop Proceeds of Crime (POC), acquired by Dyaneshwaran and his household betwixt 1991 and 1996. The worth of 16 immovable properties, arsenic connected the day of acquisition, is astir ₹1.7 crore.

The ED has besides attached FDs and slope accounts operated by the household members of Dyaneshwaran, containing ₹86.24 lakh. Earlier, connected February 28, 2025, it had conducted a hunt successful this case. A Provisional Attachment Order dated March 27 of this twelvemonth was besides issued, wherein assets valuing ₹1.19 crore were attached. The acquisition worth of each assets attached to day successful this lawsuit is ₹3.75 crore, the ED said successful a statement. 

 Further probe is nether progress.