Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a couple based on a non-bailable warrant issued by a local court for the accused persons’ failure to appear in court, wherein the matter is listed for framing of charges. The duo has been charged with money laundering.
Based on a FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in 2009 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the ED launched an investigation.
According to ED money laundering investigation, H. N. Aravind and his wife Bindu Aravind, while working as technicians at the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in Mysuru, taken off Rs. 1.25 Crore and used it to purchase movable and immovable properties.
A complaint has been filed against the couple in a Special Court for PMLA cases. The case has now been posted for charge framing and the start of trial proceedings.
