ED Files Prosecution Against Kerala Revenue Official and Wife for Disproportionate Assets.
08 March 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Cochin Zonal Office, filed a Prosecution Complaint (PC) on March 6, 2025, before the Hon’ble Special Court (PMLA) at Ernakulam against Saji John, a former village assistant in the Kerala Revenue Department, and his wife, Smt. Bindhu Saji. The court took cognizance of the complaint the same day.
The investigation, based on an FIR filed by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), revealed that Saji John had engaged in criminal misconduct as a public servant, acquiring disproportionate assets between January 2000 and January 2014. These assets, totaling approximately Rs. 1.43 Crore, were found to be Proceeds of Crime (POC), which were provisionally attached by the ED under PMLA in June 2024.