The Enforcement Directorate files a prosecution complaint in a disproportionate assets case linked to Western Railway

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The Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint before the Special PMLA Court at Bhadra, Ahmedabad, in a case involving disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.58 crore.
During the investigation period from 01 January 2017 to 02 February 2021, Prashant Baldevbhai Rabari amassed assets in his and his wife's names.
The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached immovable assets valued at Rs 20,044,981, and the case moved to the next stage of judicial proceedings.

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Investigation, allegations and attached assets

According to the Enforcement Directorate, its Ahmedabad unit filed the prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, before the Special PMLA Court at Bhadra, Ahmedabad. The case concerns the alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets. The agency says that Prashant Baldevbhai Rabari acquired several movable and immovable assets through corrupt means while serving with Western Railway.

The agency says its investigation began on the basis of an FIR registered by the CBI in Gandhinagar under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The FIR disclosed scheduled offences that led to the Enforcement Directorate initiating action under the PMLA.

The investigation also alleges that during the period under investigation, from 01 January 2017 to 02 February 2021, Rabari amassed disproportionate assets worth approximately Rs 2.58 crore in the form of movable and immovable assets held in his and his wife's names. The Enforcement Directorate said it had provisionally attached immovable assets valued at Rs 20,044,981 under a provisional attachment order, alleging that they were acquired through the direct use of illicit funds.

Impact on railways and anti-corruption enforcement

This case highlights the increasing scrutiny by financial investigation agencies of corruption and illicit-asset cases involving public-sector institutions. When such allegations arise against employees in a large transport network such as Western Railway, institutional accountability and scrutiny of the legitimacy of assets become increasingly important.

The filing of a prosecution complaint under the PMLA and the attachment of assets indicate that the case is now moving to the next stage of judicial proceedings. Its impact is not limited to the accused individual; it also affects the broader direction of compliance, internal oversight and anti-corruption enforcement in public-service institutions.

Our previous report on the ongoing money-laundering investigation against Kusum and her associates detailed the ED's provisional attachment under the PMLA. It covered the attachment of two immovable properties in Delhi (Rohini) and Uttar Pradesh (Aligarh), bringing the total value of attached assets to Rs 2.61 crore, and reported that a prosecution complaint had been filed before the Special PMLA Court following the earlier attachment of 12 properties.

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