Shillong, July 21: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Shillong Sub-Zonal Office has issued a Provisional Attachment Order worth ₹20.28 crore against Chandra Mohan Jha, Chancellor of CMJ University, and his family members under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The order, dated July 3, 2025, includes four immovable properties in New Delhi valued at ₹19.28 crore and movable assets of ₹1 crore in bank balances. The ED stated that these assets are linked to the Proceeds of Crime (PoC) generated by Jha and others through the illegal sale of fake university degrees.

The ED initiated its investigation following an FIR filed at CID Police Station, East Khasi Hills, based on a complaint by senior IAS officer M.S. Rao on the directive of the then-Governor of Meghalaya, who served as the Visitor of the university. The CID investigation exposed large-scale irregularities at CMJ University, particularly the sale of fake degrees, which allegedly generated a total PoC of ₹83 crore.

This is not the first such action by the ED in the case. In previous attachment orders dated March 31, 2017, November 30, 2021, and July 11, 2024, the agency had already seized assets worth ₹27.66 crore, ₹13.54 crore, and ₹7.56 crore, respectively, all linked to Jha and his family.

The current attachment follows a series of searches conducted by ED in December 2024, during which assets and bank balances were uncovered and frozen. Investigators also discovered that ₹1 crore had been secretly transferred by Jha to a family member’s account on December 16, 2024, allegedly to evade detection. This amount was later traced and is now part of the newly attached assets.

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