ED Records Victim's Statement In Money Laundering Case Against IPS Officer's Husband Purushottam Chavan

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded the statement of a Sion-based businessman in connection with a fresh money laundering case registered against Purushottam Prabhakar Chavan, the husband of a senior IPS officer, officials said.

The money laundering probe is based on an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which accuses Chavan and his associates of defrauding several individuals by offering them luxury flats at discounted rates under a purported government quota scheme. Chavan allegedly used his claimed proximity to government officials to convince victims of the scheme’s authenticity.

According to ED officials, the businessman whose statement was recorded alleged that he paid over Rs 3.37 crore to Chavan over a period of time in exchange for a promised 3BHK flat in the premium ‘25 South’ residential project in Prabhadevi. The flat, valued at around Rs 7 crore, was allegedly offered to him for nearly half the price under a fake government allotment scheme.

Degvekar told investigators that Chavan called him and his wife to sign documents at a government-allotted flat located above the Colaba Police Station, an official residence allotted to Chavan’s IPS wife. Chavan also allegedly arranged for the complainant to visit the sub-registrar’s office in Thane, where biometric registration formalities were carried out to lend credibility to the deal.

“Believing the transaction to be genuine as it was conducted inside a government office, the complainant later realised he had fallen victim to a well-orchestrated fraud, potentially involving unidentified officials,” an ED source said.

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The complaint states that Chavan, along with 11 others, allegedly duped at least 20 people of Rs 24.78 crore by offering them flats under forged government quota schemes in Mumbai, Thane, and Pune. Investigators have found that forged quota allotment letters and fabricated Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) certificates related to land parcels were used to execute the scam. Several of the promised properties were located in prime city areas.

Sources said the ED has summoned several more victims to record their statements as part of the ongoing investigation.