A District Supply Officer (DSO) from the district of Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur has been booked on suspicion of land money laundering, forgery and running a bank account in her name after her mother has filed a case against her.
An FIR was lodged with Sarsawa police station against Seema Chaudhary, who was accused of assaulting her mother Munesh Rani, in Saharanpur district after the she received a complaint from her mother, police said.
Munesh Rani said that Seema Chaudhary and others signed her documents of property forgery with her name to claim that she had agreed to the deal and thus take ownership of the land.
The complaint goes on to allege that the officer ran a bank account in her mother’s name and made deposits and diverted “unaccounted income” to that account.
In the light of the allegations, police have filed cases against Seema Chaudhary under various provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
A detailed investigation is ongoing, officials said, which involves a review of the property papers that law enforcement contended were altered and a look into bank accounts for transactions that support the claims contained in the complaint.
More will follow, “according to police,” on the basis of the findings of the investigation.