ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM's Daughter
8 months, 3 weeks ago

ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Kerala CM's Daughter

Deccan Chronicle  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a case against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan, her IT firm Exalogic Solutions and others in connection with the investigation into a case pertaining to alleged payments made by a private mineral company to her and her company. The ED took cognizance of the complaint filed by Serious Fraud Investigation Office which is the investigative wing of the central Corporate Affairs ministry. The case is based on the investigations carried out by the Income Tax department which alleged that a private company Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd made a payment of Rs 1.72 crore to Veena Vijayan's company Exalogic Solutions during the period 2018 to 2019. It may be recalled that the Karnataka High court last month had rejected a plea filed by the Exalogic Solutions opposing the SFIO probe.

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Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers
1 week, 3 days ago

Reining in Excess: Punjab & Haryana High Court's Judgments Curtailing ED's Arbitrary Powers

Live Law  

The arrest and detention under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act often turn out to be a punishment due to the wide powers given to the Enforcement Directorate and its stringent bail provisions. Judges Of PMLA Courts Not Supposed To Act Like "Extended Arm Of ED" The High Court pointed out the practice of passing custodial interrogation orders in a …

ED files case against 6 for cheating man of Rs 6 crore in 'mythical stone' scam
2 weeks, 6 days ago

ED files case against 6 for cheating man of Rs 6 crore in 'mythical stone' scam

India Today  

The Directorate of Enforcement has filed a prosecution complaint in a unique money laundering case involving the fraudulent sale of a mythical substance called 'Trathgola'. The complaint, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, names six individuals - Mohammad Iqbal Bakerwal, Muddasar Ali, Abdul Jalil, and Akhtar Mir, Parvez Mir, and Iqbal Mir - along with others. The …

Delhi High Court defers DK Shivakumar's plea against ED disproportionate assets probe
3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court defers DK Shivakumar's plea against ED disproportionate assets probe

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s plea against a money laundering investigation by the Enforcement Directorate to January 23, 2025. Shivakumar had filed the petition in 2022, seeking to quash the ED’s investigation, including summons issued to him under an Enforcement Case Information Report registered in 2020 following allegations of …

Prosecution sanction for Kejriwal in excise case enough for money laundering trial: ED
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Prosecution sanction for Kejriwal in excise case enough for money laundering trial: ED

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate informed a Delhi court on Thursday that the sanction obtained to prosecute former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case related to the Delhi excise policy was comprehensive enough to try him in a related money laundering case as well. The ED made its submission before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue …

ED's money laundering probe leads to raids across Maharashtra and Gujarat
1 month, 1 week ago

ED's money laundering probe leads to raids across Maharashtra and Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at more than 16 locations across Maharashtra and Gujarat on Thursday, investigating suspicious banking transactions worth ₹80-90 crore allegedly conducted by a Malegaon-based trader through misappropriated bank accounts. During the raids, which extended into Thursday night, the agency froze approximately ₹ 1.8 crore held in two scrutinised bank accounts. During the raids, which extended …

ED files money laundering case against Agri Gold Companies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED files money laundering case against Agri Gold Companies

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint before a special court at Nampally in Hyderabad, against the Agri Gold Group of Companies under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act-2002. The agency initiated investigation against the subsidiaries of the group — Agri Gold Exims Ltd., Amruthavarshini Dairy Farms Pvt. It …

ED books Siddaramaiah in MUDA linked money-laundering case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

ED books Siddaramaiah in MUDA linked money-laundering case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and some others in a money-laundering case linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, taking cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR, official sources said. The FIR was lodged after a special court in Bengaluru last week ordered a Lokayukta police probe against Mr. Siddaramaiah in the case. Mr. Siddaramaiah, …

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Trial has commenced, ED tells Madras High Court
4 months ago

Senthilbalaji money laundering case: Trial has commenced, ED tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement on Wednesday, informed the Madras High Court that the trial in the money laundering case against former Minister V. Senthilbalaji has commenced before the Principal District and Sessions Court in Chennai and one of the prosecution witnesses had already been examined. Sundaresan, assisted by ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh, and adjourned a criminal revision petition …

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody
4 months, 1 week ago

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody

Hindustan Times  

The additional sessions court here on Monday sent former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu to judicial custody in connection with an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. Bharat Bhushan Ashu Ashu, who was arrested by the ED on August 1, had been in the central agency’s custody since August 2. In August last …

ED conducts first raid in Leh Ladakh region in fake cryptocurrency business case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

ED conducts first raid in Leh Ladakh region in fake cryptocurrency business case

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday launched its first-ever search operation in the Leh Ladakh region. ED Srinagar is conducting the operation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a fake cryptocurrency business run by M/s A R Mir & others. In their FIR, Leh Police stated that a committee formed by the local district magistrate against …

CM Pinarayi Vijayan Had No Personal Gain In CMRL-Exalogic Transactions, All Property Legally Accounted For: Govt Tells Kerala High Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

CM Pinarayi Vijayan Had No Personal Gain In CMRL-Exalogic Transactions, All Property Legally Accounted For: Govt Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala government has informed the High Court that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan received no personal gains from the transactions between State-owned Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited and Exalogic Solutions, a company owned by his daughter Veena Thaikandiyil.Director General of Prosecution TA Shaji informed single bench of Justice K. Babu that the transactions were based on a. The Kerala government …

‘Mining no crime under PMLA’: HC restrains ED action
5 months ago

‘Mining no crime under PMLA’: HC restrains ED action

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: The Madras High Court has ordered the Enforcement Directorate not to take any further action on a sand mining case in Tamil Nadu stating that mining is not a scheduled offence under the Prevention of Money Launderig Act. The ED had filed its Enforcement Case Information Report last September against contractors and other suppliers of machineries, including excavators allegedly …

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining
5 months ago

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. The court added that unless a case in the scheduled offence was registered and such an offence generated proceeds of crime, the ED could not have initiated any action. …

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter Veena In CMRL Pay-Off Case
6 months ago

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter Veena In CMRL Pay-Off Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today issued notice to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena Thaikandiyil and other respondents in a revision petition filed by MLA Mathew A Kuzhalnadan against the dismissal of his complaint seeking vigilance enquiry into alleged illegal financial dealings between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited and Veena's Company Exalogic Solutions.Special. The Kerala High Court today issued notice …

Illegal mining case: ED seizes ₹3.50 crore during searches in Punjab
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Illegal mining case: ED seizes ₹3.50 crore during searches in Punjab

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized about ₹3.50 crore in cash during searches at 13 locations in Punjab’s Rupnagar district as part of a money-laundering probe into alleged illegal mining on land attached by the agency in 2015 in connection with a drug trafficking-related case. According to the agency, one Nasib Chand and his associates were indulging in illegal mining …

ED files new case in Chhattisgarh liquor scam after Supreme Court ruling
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files new case in Chhattisgarh liquor scam after Supreme Court ruling

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday registered a new case to probe “afresh” alleged corruption in Chhattisgarh’s liquor industry, people aware of developments said — a day after the Supreme Court quashed money laundering proceedings in the case, holding that no scheduled offence was established for the agency to proceed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Chhattisgarh police FIR …

Delhi court pulls up ED over ‘shoddy probe’ in PNB case
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court pulls up ED over ‘shoddy probe’ in PNB case

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court has pulled up the Enforcement Directorate for shoddy investigation and lapses by its investigative officer in a money-laundering case of where Punjab National Bank was defrauded of ₹1,46,71,000. The court noted three lapses committed by the federal probe agency — first, despite there being evidence available, ED failed to name two persons as accused in the case. …

ED lodges case against Kerala CM’s daughter, her IT firm
8 months, 3 weeks ago

ED lodges case against Kerala CM’s daughter, her IT firm

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a probe into alleged illegal payments made by a Kochi-based minerals firm to the daughter of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the software consulting firm owned by her, an official familiar with the matter said. The federal agency’s Kochi unit has filed an Enforcement Case Investigation Report under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, …

ED attaches immovable assets of a hotel worth ₹44 crores under money laundering case
9 months, 1 week ago

ED attaches immovable assets of a hotel worth ₹44 crores under money laundering case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai, on Saturday said that they have provisionally attached immovable properties consisting of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floor of Hotel One Continent at King Koti Road, Sultan Bajaar, Abids, Hyderabad, to the extent of ₹43.84 crore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in loan fraud case of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative …

Senthilbalaji case | Madras High Court refuses to stay money laundering trial proceedings
9 months, 1 week ago

Senthilbalaji case | Madras High Court refuses to stay money laundering trial proceedings

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, refused to grant an interim stay, for the present, restraining the Chennai Principal Sessions Court from proceeding with the trial in a money laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement against former T.N. Ramesh and Sunder Mohan told Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi and S. Prabakaran that the plea for …

Vulnerable to criticism: On the ED and a possible violation of federal principles
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Vulnerable to criticism: On the ED and a possible violation of federal principles

The Hindu  

The structure of the law against money laundering is bound to throw up perplexing questions about the possible violation of federal principles. One such question has arisen in Tamil Nadu, where the Enforcement Directorate is trying to find out whether illegal sand mining in the State is due to corruption and if the “proceeds” are being laundered. In ruling that …

Money laundering case: ED tells HC it won't arrest Sameer Wankhede till March 1
10 months ago

Money laundering case: ED tells HC it won't arrest Sameer Wankhede till March 1

Hindustan Times  

A division bench of Justices P D Naik and N R Borkar accepted the statement and posted Wankhede's petition against the case on March 1. The ED registered a money laundering case against Wankhede after taking cognisance of a first information report by the Central Bureau of Investigation in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family …

Cannot shackle Centre for assigning probe against Exalogic to SFIO: Karnataka High Court
10 months ago

Cannot shackle Centre for assigning probe against Exalogic to SFIO: Karnataka High Court

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court observed that it cannot put shackles on the hands of the central government for assigning the investigation against Exalogic Solutions Private Limited, to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office which was necessitated since the interim report of the Registrar of Companies found serendipity and came across information that would prima facie touch upon skulduggery. Justice M …

No FEMA violation found by ED in Paytm Payments Bank case: Report
10 months, 1 week ago

No FEMA violation found by ED in Paytm Payments Bank case: Report

Hindustan Times  

In the case of Paytm Payments Bank Limited, the Enforcement Directorate has not found any violation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, The Hindu has reported quoting people familiar with the development. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration//File Photo Only the apex Reserve Bank of India, which, on January 31, prohibited PPBL from onboarding new customers after February 29, cracking down due to ‘persistent …

Balaji says money-laundering plaint devoid of merits, files fresh petition
10 months, 1 week ago

Balaji says money-laundering plaint devoid of merits, files fresh petition

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI : Former minister V Senthil Balaji filed a fresh petition in the Principal Sessions and Special Court for PMLA cases seeking to discharge him from the money-laundering case stating the complaint against him is devoid of merits. The discharge petition was filed on Friday, a day after the principal sessions court dismissed his petition to defer the trial until …

ED finds no FEMA violation in Paytm Payments Bank case
10 months, 1 week ago

ED finds no FEMA violation in Paytm Payments Bank case

The Hindu  

February 17, 2024 03:00 am | Updated 11:44 am IST - NEW DELHI The Enforcement Directorate has not found any violation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act during the inquiry of Paytm Payments Bank Limited transactions. On January 31, the RBI had issued a circular barring PPBL from taking further deposits, top-ups or undertaking credit transactions into its customer accounts, …

Karnataka HC dismisses petition filed by company owned by Kerala CM daughter that challenged probe against shady transactions
10 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka HC dismisses petition filed by company owned by Kerala CM daughter that challenged probe against shady transactions

Op India  

In a setback to Veena Vijayan, the daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by Exalogic Solutions Private Limited of which she is a director. Investigation revealed that Rs 135 crores was given by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd to various political functionaries and Rs 1.72 crores was paid by …

Former T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji seeks discharge from ED case
10 months, 1 week ago

Former T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji seeks discharge from ED case

The Hindu  

Former Minister and DMK MLA V. Senthilbalaji on Friday, February 16, 2024, filed a petition at the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai seeking discharge from the cases registered against him, by the Directorate of Enforcement. Mr. Senthilbalaji’s counsel, N. Bharanikumar, filed the petition when the Principal Sessions Judge S. Alli took up the case to frame charges against him. Mr. …

Senthilbalaji case | ED urges Madras High Court to order speedy trial, instead of granting bail
10 months, 1 week ago

Senthilbalaji case | ED urges Madras High Court to order speedy trial, instead of granting bail

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement has accused former Minister V. Senthilbalaji of intentionally stalling the commencement of trial in a money laundering case and urged the Madras High Court to order speedy trial instead of accepting his plea to grant bail until the completion of trial. ‘Comprise formula criticised by SC’ The ED also highlighted that the Supreme Court, High Court …

Misappropriation tantamount to exchequer loot: Registrar of Companies Kerala
10 months, 1 week ago

Misappropriation tantamount to exchequer loot: Registrar of Companies Kerala

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The office of the Registrar of Companies Kerala on Monday informed the High Court that misappropriation of funds in Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd is tantamount to looting of public exchequer and it will have an impact on the general industrial development of the state. Citing the complaint filed by Shone George, the ROC pointed out that as a …

ED opposes Jacqueline Fernandez's plea in Delhi HC for quashing of money laundering case, says plea not maintainable
10 months, 3 weeks ago

ED opposes Jacqueline Fernandez's plea in Delhi HC for quashing of money laundering case, says plea not maintainable

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has opposed the plea moved by Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who sought quashing of ECIR and supplementary chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate in ₹200 Crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, said it's not maintainable. More about the Sukesh Chandrashekhar case Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal and Advocate Prashant Patil appeared for Jacqueline and submitted that …

Company Owned By Kerala CM's Daughter Being Probed Under Companies Act, Centre Informs Kerala High Court
11 months ago

Company Owned By Kerala CM's Daughter Being Probed Under Companies Act, Centre Informs Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs informed the Kerala High Court that the company owned by the daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is under investigation.The counsel appearing for the Central Government orally told the Court that an order has been issued under Section 210 of the Companies Act 2013 to investigate the affairs of Exalogic Solutions Ltd, an IT …

Lawyer Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Serious Fraud Investigation In Business Affairs Of CMRL
1 year ago

Lawyer Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Serious Fraud Investigation In Business Affairs Of CMRL

Live Law  

A lawyer has moved a plea before the Kerala High Court seeking a Serious Fraud Investigation in the conduct of business affairs of the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd.CMRL is presently entangled in a slew of bribery allegations. A lawyer has moved a plea before the Kerala High Court seeking a Serious Fraud Investigation in the conduct of business affairs …

Enough material against Naresh Goyal to process money laundering case: Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Enough material against Naresh Goyal to process money laundering case: Court

India Today  

A special court in Mumbai said on Friday that there was sufficient material to "prima facie establish the involvement" of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his wife in a money laundering case linked to an alleged bank fraud of Rs 538 crore. "The materials accompanying the Prosecution Complaint prima facie indicate how the proceeds of crime were generated through …

Money Laundering Case: ED Files 2nd Supplementary Chargesheet Against Ex-Cuttack MLA, His Wife
1 year, 2 months ago

Money Laundering Case: ED Files 2nd Supplementary Chargesheet Against Ex-Cuttack MLA, His Wife

News 18  

Enforcement Directorate last month filed a second supplementary Prosecution Complaint against erstwhile Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal and his wife Laxmi Bilasani Biswal in connection with the ongoing money-laundering case, the agency said on Tuesday. The probe agency also named M/s Seashore Securities Ltd., M/s Seashore Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd., their two directors Prashant Kumar Dash and Pravat Kumar Dash, and …

ED denies Sibal’s charge that Senthilbalaji was asked to join BJP during interrogation
1 year, 3 months ago

ED denies Sibal’s charge that Senthilbalaji was asked to join BJP during interrogation

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement on Friday denied senior counsel Kapil Sibal’s charge that Minister without portfolio V. Senthilbalaji was asked by the agency during interrogation to join the BJP. During the hearing in the bail application of the Minister, who is in judicial custody following his arrest by the ED in an alleged money laundering case, Mr. Sibal, appearing for …

Money laundering case: IRS officer gifted jewellery worth Rs 1.75 lakh to south Indian actor, claims ED in chargesheet
1 year, 3 months ago

Money laundering case: IRS officer gifted jewellery worth Rs 1.75 lakh to south Indian actor, claims ED in chargesheet

Firstpost  

Sawant, who was arrested in June in connection with the case, is currently in judicial custody. IRS officer Sachin Sawant, an accused in a money laundering case, allegedly gifted jewellery worth Rs 1.75 lakh to a south Indian actor, and layered his “ill-gotten money” through bank accounts of family members and friends, the Enforcement Directorate has said in its chargesheet. …

ED arrests Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in bank fraud case
1 year, 3 months ago

ED arrests Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in bank fraud case

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate late Friday night arrested Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a money laundering case linked to an alleged bank fraud of Rs 538 crore at the Canara Bank, official sources said. The money laundering case stems from an FIR of the Central Bureau of Investigation against Jet Airways, Goyal, his wife Anita and some former company …

Chargesheet filed against bureaucrat arrested in money laundering case
1 year, 3 months ago

Chargesheet filed against bureaucrat arrested in money laundering case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday submitted its chargesheet in the disproportionate case against Indian Revenue Service officer Sachin Sawant. WHAT ED FOUND In connection with the probe against Sachin Sawant, the ED also examined a Malayalam actress who has worked in several South Indian blockbusters. While probing the case against Sachin Sawant, the probe agency found several assets linked to …

ED questions son of ex-treasurer of NCP in money-laundering probe
1 year, 4 months ago

ED questions son of ex-treasurer of NCP in money-laundering probe

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned Manish Jain Lalwani, the son of Nationalist Congress Party ’s former Rajya Sabha member and one-time party treasurer Ishwarlal Jain Lalwani, in Nagpur for several hours as part of its money-laundering investigation. ED questions son of ex-treasurer of NCP in money-laundering probe The probe is related to suspected bank fraud, involving three Jalgaon-based …

ED arrests Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's brother in money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

ED arrests Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's brother in money laundering case

Op India  

On Sunday, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji’s brother RV Ashok in connection with a money laundering case from Kerala’s Kochi. This development comes a day after the ED filed a chargesheet against Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji. The property seized by the agency belongs to Ashok’s wife and it was done after several rounds of raids …

ED Files Charge Sheet Against TN Minister Senthil Balaji, Court Sends Him to Judicial Custody Till Aug 25
1 year, 4 months ago

ED Files Charge Sheet Against TN Minister Senthil Balaji, Court Sends Him to Judicial Custody Till Aug 25

News 18  

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a nearly 3,000-page charge sheet against Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji as part of a continuing money laundering investigation against him and his aides, official sources said. Judge Alli had on August 7 permitted the ED to take custody of Senthil Balaji for five days for the purpose of interrogation in connection with …

Update us on money laundering case involving Arunachal Public Service Commission, Gauhati HC tells Finance Ministry and ED
1 year, 4 months ago

Update us on money laundering case involving Arunachal Public Service Commission, Gauhati HC tells Finance Ministry and ED

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Gauhati High Court has asked the Finance Ministry and the Enforcement Directorate to update it on the status of the investigation into a money laundering case involving the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission. The order was issued by the Itanagar Bench of the High Court on August 1 based on a public interest litigation petition filed by rights …

ED Files Charge Sheet Against 'Conman' Who Duped People in Name of PMO, Contacts with Politicians
1 year, 4 months ago

ED Files Charge Sheet Against 'Conman' Who Duped People in Name of PMO, Contacts with Politicians

News 18  

A charge sheet under the anti-money laundering law has been filed against alleged conman Sanjay Prakash Rai alias Sanjay Sherpuria for “cheating” several people by portraying himself to be close to the PMO, senior bureaucrats and politicians, the ED said on Wednesday. The said payment of Rs six crore was received by Rai “under the guise of donation in YREF …

PMLA case: SC seeks ED's reply on TN minister Senthil Balaji's plea against HC order
1 year, 5 months ago

PMLA case: SC seeks ED's reply on TN minister Senthil Balaji's plea against HC order

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on the pleas of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Megala challenging the July 14 order of the Madras High Court upholding his arrest by the probe agency in a money laundering case. Besides upholding the arrest of the minister, the high court had …

ED raids in Chhattisgarh as part of fresh money laundering probe
1 year, 5 months ago

ED raids in Chhattisgarh as part of fresh money laundering probe

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on July 21 conducted searches against some IAS officers and a Congress politician in Chhattisgarh as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The premises linked to Indian Administrative Service officer Ranu Sahu, some other bureaucrats and Chhattisgarh Congress leader and PCC treasurer Ramgopal Agarwal were being raided, they said. The action is being undertaken …

Supreme Court stays ED probe in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court stays ED probe in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate to “stay their hand in all manner” in a money laundering case linked to the alleged ₹2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. While hearing the matter on May 16, the top court had told the ED not to create an “atmosphere of fear”, after the Chhattisgarh government had alleged that the …

ED raids TN minister, his MP son in money laundering case; DMK dubs action 'vendetta'
1 year, 5 months ago

ED raids TN minister, his MP son in money laundering case; DMK dubs action 'vendetta'

Firstpost  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids at the premises of DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy and his MP son Gautham Sigamani in a money laundering case, official sources said The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids at the premises of DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy and his MP son …

ED says under PMLA it has powers to arrest and take custody of Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji
1 year, 5 months ago

ED says under PMLA it has powers to arrest and take custody of Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday submitted in the Madras high court that under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act it has powers to arrest and take custody of Tamil Nadu minister V. Senthil Balaji. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made his submission to this effect before Justice C.V. Karthikeyan of the Madras high court. The court was hearing the …

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