<p>New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 24.95 crore of Hero MotoCorp executive chairperson Pawan Kant Munjal as part of a money laundering investigation against him.</p><p>Three immovable properties (in the form of lands) of Munjal located in Delhi have been provisionally attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the central agency said in a statement.</p>.<p>Munjal (69) is also the CMD and Chairman of Hero MotoCorp Ltd and the assets are worth about Rs 24.95 crore.</p>.Hero MotoCorp's Pawan Munjal used others' forex for self-expenditure abroad: ED.<p>The ED said its probe found 'Pawan Kant Munjal got issued foreign exchange/foreign currency in the name of other persons and thereafter utilised the same for his personal expenditure abroad.' </p><p>It claimed that the foreign currency/foreign exchange was drawn from authorised dealers by an event management company in the name of various employees and thereafter 'handed over' to Munjal's relationship manager.</p>.<p>"The relationship manager carried such foreign currency/foreign exchange in cash/card secretly, for the personal expenditure of Pawan Kant Munjal during his personal/business trips.' 'The modus was adopted to override the limits of $2.5 lakh per annum per person under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)," the ED alleged.</p>.<p>Under the LRS, all resident individuals, including minors, are allowed to freely remit up to USD 2,50,000 per financial year (April-March) for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both, according to the RBI.</p>.<p>The ED had carried out raids against Munjal and his companies in August after filing a criminal case under the PMLA against him.</p>.<p>This money laundering case was filed after taking cognisance of a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) charge sheet, filed under the Companies Act of 1962, that accused him of taking foreign exchange/currency out of India illegally.</p>.<p>"The prosecution complaint alleges that foreign currency/foreign exchange equivalent to Rs 54 crore was illegally taken out of India," the ED said.</p>.<p>After the August raids, the ED seized valuables worth Rs 25 crore of various accused. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 24.95 crore of Hero MotoCorp executive chairperson Pawan Kant Munjal as part of a money laundering investigation against him.</p><p>Three immovable properties (in the form of lands) of Munjal located in Delhi have been provisionally attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the central agency said in a statement.</p>.<p>Munjal (69) is also the CMD and Chairman of Hero MotoCorp Ltd and the assets are worth about Rs 24.95 crore.</p>.Hero MotoCorp's Pawan Munjal used others' forex for self-expenditure abroad: ED.<p>The ED said its probe found 'Pawan Kant Munjal got issued foreign exchange/foreign currency in the name of other persons and thereafter utilised the same for his personal expenditure abroad.' </p><p>It claimed that the foreign currency/foreign exchange was drawn from authorised dealers by an event management company in the name of various employees and thereafter 'handed over' to Munjal's relationship manager.</p>.<p>"The relationship manager carried such foreign currency/foreign exchange in cash/card secretly, for the personal expenditure of Pawan Kant Munjal during his personal/business trips.' 'The modus was adopted to override the limits of $2.5 lakh per annum per person under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)," the ED alleged.</p>.<p>Under the LRS, all resident individuals, including minors, are allowed to freely remit up to USD 2,50,000 per financial year (April-March) for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both, according to the RBI.</p>.<p>The ED had carried out raids against Munjal and his companies in August after filing a criminal case under the PMLA against him.</p>.<p>This money laundering case was filed after taking cognisance of a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) charge sheet, filed under the Companies Act of 1962, that accused him of taking foreign exchange/currency out of India illegally.</p>.<p>"The prosecution complaint alleges that foreign currency/foreign exchange equivalent to Rs 54 crore was illegally taken out of India," the ED said.</p>.<p>After the August raids, the ED seized valuables worth Rs 25 crore of various accused. </p>