ED files PMLA plaint against dismissed ACS officer in assets case

Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against dismissed ACS officer Sukanya Bora, accusing her of laundering proceeds of crime linked to disproportionate assets.The complaint was filed before the court of the special judge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Guwahati. The court has already taken cognisance of the matter and trial is underway.The ED said the case arose from an FIR registered by the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell of Assam Police under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The central agency later began its own probe and said it found a pattern of financial irregularities during Bora’s tenure in different administrative posts.“Ms Sukanya Bora, who joined the Assam Civil Service in 2015 with an initial salary of approximately Rs 38,000 per month, acquired movable and immovable properties worth Rs 7.94 crore approx. The percentage of disproportionate assets was found to be 786.26%,” the ED stated.According to the agency, Bora collected illegal gratification while serving as circle officer of Hajo Revenue Circle from applicants seeking land-related services, including mutation, registration and land-use permissions.

“The proceeds of crime so generated were systematically laundered through a complex web of benami property transactions, layering through bank accounts of her family members, and routing through a salon business firm,” the ED also added.Earlier, the ED had provisionally attached properties worth Rs 7.33 crore under Section 5 of the PMLA in April 2025. The order was later confirmed by the adjudicating authority in New Delhi.The attached assets include multiple parcels of land in Morigaon district, Baghorbori and Hatigaon, along with a residential flat in Jayanagar. A bank account holding about Rs 65.54 lakh has also been frozen as part of the investigation.