Additional evidence unearthed by ED also indicated alleged corruption in the MAWS department.

The ED contended that the findings revealed pre-fixed commissions for awarding tenders, rigged procurement processes, and a well-organised nexus of officials, middlemen, and politically linked individuals.

The investigation has also uncovered a pattern of illegitimate funds being layered and siphoned through interconnected entities, suggesting the existence of a broader financial and administrative cartel operating across the state, ED had alleged.

Evidence of bribe collection for transfer/posting of officials of the MAWS department have also been found, ED said in its statement.

Further investigation is underway to trace the full scope of this web and to quantify the loss incurred to the public exchequer, the agency added.

ED said that it has also identified assets and properties acquired using the Proceeds of Crime (POC) and is in the process of quantifying and attaching them under the provisions of PMLA, 2002.

However, the release did not explicitly say wether the POC mentioned in the statement referred to the POC from the predicate offence case filed by the CBI or it included POC from the alleged corruption the agency has unearthed in MAWS department as well.

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