Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets worth Rs 14.06 crore of ML Tayal,  Principal Secretary of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupindra Singh Hooda. Tayal and his family are accused of having disproportionate assets according to their income worth over Rs 14 crores suspecting during investigation found that the family acquired additional assets through illegal means when ML Tayal was the Principal Secretary of former Haryana Chief Minister hooda. Information reveals, the ED temporarily seized nine properties belonging to Tayal under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002, which include two houses and seven apartments in Chandigarh, New Delhi and Gurugram. Apart from this, money accumulating in the bank worth Rs 14.06 crore was also seized on June 30.

MM Tayal is a retired IAS officer, worked in the Haryana Chief Minister’s Office from 6 March 2005 to 31 October 2009, and later was a member of the Competition Commission of India from 30 November 2009 to 31 December 2014. The ED probe revealed that between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2014, Tayal and his family acquired assets worth Rs 14.06 crore beyond their known income, allegedly purchased with money through illegal means. The ED investigated financial transactions, income tax records and stock market activities of Tayal, his wife Savita Tayal and son Kartik Tayal.