New Delhi:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notice to Madhya Pradesh IAS couple Arvind and Tinoo Joshi for Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations.
The couple was under the scanner for possessing total assets worth Rs 360 crore.
The couple was suspended after Income Tax officials recovered Rs three crore in cash from their residence during a raid in February last year.
Foreign exchange worth $12000, 1800 Pounds and 1000 Euros were found during raids at their house.
Arvind Joshi had purchased 100 acres of agricultural land in the name of his NRI sisters over a period of time which is a violation of FEMA.
The officials had also found jewellery and documents of properties disproportionate to their known sources of income. The raid The Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh had also filed an FIR against them.
Arvind Joshi was Commissioner of Economic Rehabilitation for Bhopal gas victims from 1997 to 1999 and during his tenure there were allegations of supplying inferior quality material to hospitals meant for gas victims.