ED Attaches Assets Worth ₹14 Crore Linked to Former IAS Officer to Bhupinder Hooda in Disproportionate Assets Probe

NDC DESK

New Delhi, July 8 — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth ₹14.06 crore belonging to retired IAS officer Murari Lal Tayal, who previously served as Principal Secretary to former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

The attached assets include two houses and seven apartments located in Chandigarh, Delhi, and Gurugram. The attachments were made under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following a provisional order issued on June 30.

The ED action stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR that accused Tayal and his family of accumulating wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. Tayal held a post at the Competition Commission of India (CCI) between 2009 and 2014, during which period his financial records came under scrutiny.

The ED’s investigation, which examined income tax filings and stock market transactions by Tayal, his wife Savita, and son Kartik, found that the family had allegedly acquired assets amounting to ₹14.06 crore between 2006 and 2014 through proceeds of crime involving illegal gratification.

The probe agency stated that these disproportionate assets were not justified by the family’s declared income, and the attachment is part of efforts to recover the alleged illicit gains.