FINAL ORDER

12.08.2025

Dictated By: Rajesh Malhotra

The present appeals under Section 26 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) are filed by the appellants against the impugned order dated 03.02.2017 passed by the Adjudicating Authority in Original Complaint (OC) No. 636/2016, whereby the provisional attachment order (PAO) No. 20/2016 dated 02.09.2016 was confirmed. The properties of the present appellant are mentioned in para no. 1 of the impugned order and the same is not reproduced herein.

2. As per the facts of the case, a large number of complaints were lodged against Shri Sridhar Dhanapal a notorious criminal for his involvement in 5 murders, 10 attempt to murders, kidnapping for ransom and also many other heinous offence cases and accordingly 26 FIRs were registered in different Police Station against him for commission of Schedule Offences. The details of the 26 FIRs registered against Sh. Sridhar Dhanapal & Ors. are mentioned in para no. 3 of the impugned order in the table at page no. 59 to 63, the same is not reproduced herein. Out of said FIRs, appellant D. Senthil is also named in the three FIRs, alongwith his brother.

Accordingly, the Directorate of Enforcement