ED links ₹24 crore disproportionate assets to Rajkot former TPO Sagathiya in additional charge

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary complaint before a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against former Rajkot Municipal Corporation Town Planning Officer (TPO) Mansukh Sagathiya and his wife, Bhavanaben Sagathiya.

The complaint relates to allegations of amassing assets worth more than ₹24.31 crore disproportionate to known sources of income. The court has taken cognisance of the filing and issued a standard procedure against the accused, with the next hearing scheduled for May 24.

As per the ED, the supplementary complaint was filed on the basis of additional evidence gathered during the course of the investigation. The agency had earlier filed a prosecution complaint against Sagathiya in November 2025.

As part of the probe, the ED has provisionally attached properties worth ₹22.71 lakh belonging to the accused in Gondal and Madhapar areas of Rajkot.

Investigators alleged that bank accounts linked to Sagathiya, his wife and family members received deposits totalling ₹5.57 crore, including suspicious cash deposits of ₹82.87 lakh. The probe also found 15 recurring deposit accounts in the names of family members at the Rajkot Head Post Office, with regular cash deposits made between 2015 and 2022.

Sagathiya is also an accused in the TRP Game Zone fire incident, where he is alleged to have overlooked irregularities related to the facility. The ED initiated its investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).