ED tightens noose on underworld-political nexus in Mumbai
India | October 13, 2019 22:23 ISTThe source said that the ED has identified Mirchi's properties in India and abroad to the tune of Rs 500 crore.
The source said that the ED has identified Mirchi's properties in India and abroad to the tune of Rs 500 crore.
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested two people in connection with its money laundering probe against late Iqbal Mirchi-- the right-hand man of fugitive Pakistan-based don Dawood Ibrahim.
A Delhi court Wednesday extended by nine days the custodial interrogation of a close aide of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar by the ED in a money-laundering case related to negotiations that allegedly favoured foreign private airlines and caused loss to state-owned Air India.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹ 1489 crores in connection with Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society embezzlement case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier this week filed the money-laundering case against Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar, a former deputy chief minister, and others in connection with alleged scam in the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB).
In a first of its kind, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a Provisional Attachment Order in respect of three Chimpanzees and four Marmosets being the proceeds of crime under provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act against a wildlife smuggler of West Bengal on Saturday.
Sunil Surendrakumar Kakkad, the chief managing director of Sai Infosystem (I) Ltd, was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was intercepted by the international police agency Interpol in Liberia, it said.
It has also asked the taxman to guard against unauthorised disclosure of such information as it is a "serious matter".
Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar denied the relief to Talwar, who was arrested by the ED after his deportation from Dubai in January.
The Enforcement Directorate has removed its investigating officer in the high-profile AgustaWestland VVIP choppers money laundering case for allegedly mishandling the inquiry, official sources said on Wednesday.
The assets are "held" in the name of shell firms "controlled" by Qureshi, the ED said in a statement.
The ED said in a statement that the brothers and their other operators based in the country and in Dubai "used to arrange foreign currencies like USD, Pound, RMB, and Euro among others at various locations abroad on demand by Indian nationals and also by people residing in India."
Aishwarya, daughter of Congress leader D K Shivakumar arrived at the office of Enforcement Directorate office on September 2019.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has booked the case under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after going through a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR, which was registered in the case in July this year, they said.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Nitin Sardesai was on Thursday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a case related to IL&FS loan to a realty firm, an official said, days after party chief Raj Thackeray was quizzed in the same matter.
Former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday for over eight hours for the second consecutive day in a money laundering case and has been asked to appear again on Monday, officials said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday opposed the writ petition filed by Karnataka Congress legislator D.K. Shivakumar in the Karnataka High Court seeking protection from arrest by its officials for his alleged involvement in an alleged money laundering case, an official source said.
The ED has registered a money laundering case against the Sandesara brothers and others in August 2017 after a case of alleged bank fraud of Rs 5,700 crore was filed against them by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that specific information had been received from foreign banks which include inputs on former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's properties abroad.
Singh deposed before the investigators at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters here in the morning following summons for his cross-examination in the case along with the 'whistle blower' Samuel.
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