Mallikarjun Kharge records statement at ED headquarters in money laundering case
India | Apr 11, 2022, 12:53 PM ISTA team of elite officials of the agency is now questioning him in connection with the case.
A team of elite officials of the agency is now questioning him in connection with the case.
The raids are being carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency had registered a money laundering case to probe the alleged irregularities on the basis of a 2018 CBI FIR.
Malik held ministries of Skills Development and Minority Affairs in the state government. He is also the guardian minister of the Parbhani and the Gondia districts.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started recording the statement of Deshmukh from Thursday morning and the process will continue on Saturday as well, the prison official said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah's property was provisionally attached in December 2020 and this was challenged in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
The CBI had recently moved a plea before the special court requesting it to grant them permission to record Deshmukh's statements.
NCP leader Pawar, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in the state as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), was the first to reach the protest site close to Mahatma Gandhi's statue near the state secretariat Mantralaya.
A close friend of Janhvi Kapoor has claimed that the actress had no contact with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Reportedly, conman Sukesh had approached the actress through his wife Leena Maria Paul last year. The Enforcement Directorate found that Janhvi inaugurated a nail salon owned by Leena in July last year.
Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar on Thursday (February 03) released a handwritten note reacting to the several intimate pictures of actress Jacqueline Fernandez and him. He confirmed that they were in a relationship that did not involve any financial expectations.
Jacqueline Fernandez & Nora Fatehi are as of now witnesses in the case and have recorded their testimonies in the 200 crore PMLA case. Jacqueline said that she 'didn't know the background of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and she was ready to cooperate in the process of seizing the gifts given to her by him.'
Patiala House Court recently took cognizance of the ED's chargesheet filed against Sukesh Chandrashekhar, wife Leena Maria Paul and others in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case. All the accused are presently in judicial custody. The ED, a financial probe agency, has recently arrested them under the PMLA in the extortion racket which was being run from a Delhi jail.
Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar gave Jacqueline Fernandez a lot of luxury gifts which included Gucci outfits for gym wear, Gucci shoes, Rolex watch, 15 pairs of earrings, 5 Birkin bags, Hermes bangles and LV bags. He also gave a mini chopper to Jacqueline which she returned, as per the ED charge sheet.
The investigation, officials said, pertains to some funds allegedly received by Tassaduq Hussain in his accounts from some Kashmir-based businesses.
The former Maharashtra Home Minister was arrested on Nov 1, after over 12 hrs of questioning.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the case, sought his remand for nine more days, but the court refused the probe agency's plea and sent him to judicial custody.
Deshmukh appeared before the agency after the Bombay High Court last week refused to quash ED summonses against him. He had skipped at least five ED notices.
"Jacqueline Fernandez is being called to testify as a witness by the ED. She has duly recorded her statements & in future will also be completely co-operating in investigations," actress' spokesperson said in a statement.
ED has issued fresh summons to actress Jacqueline Fernandez in Sukesh Chandrashekhar case. The actress has been asked to appear in ED's Delhi office on Monday (October 18).
The agency had started a PE on the orders of the Bombay High Court which had issued the directions while hearing a public interest litigation on allegations of corruption against Deshmukh.
ED has also summoned Parab's close aide RTO officer Bajrang Kharmate in the same money laundering case, in September.
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