Following the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) arrest of Delhi minister Satyender Jain in a money laundering case, here's a look at few of the opposition leaders those have come under the scanner of the federal agency recently.
Days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's son, Karti Chidambaram, the agency on Monday arrested바카라 웹사이트Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case. Soon after the arrest,바카라 웹사이트Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)바카라 웹사이트national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal broke his silence on the detention and said that바카라 웹사이트the case is "completely fake and politically motivated".
From AAP's Jain to Shiv Sena's Anil Parab, quite a few opposition leaders have come under the scanner of the ED in recent times. Here's a brief look at the cases:
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has been recently booked by the ED in the Chinese visa scam, pertaining to바카라 웹사이트the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister.바카라 웹사이트According to media reports, when the ED was probing the INX Media case against the Chidambarams, it had stumbled upon evidence that Karti was offered a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to facilitate the visas of Chinese workers for a thermal project in Punjab. The bribe was offered to Karti's Chartered Accountant Bhaskaraman. However,바카라 웹사이트Karti Chidambaram has denied all allegations and said "if this is not harassment, not a witch hunt, then what is."
In April, the ED바카라 웹사이트attached eight land parcels in Alibaug and a flat in Mumbai's Dadar suburb linked to바카라 웹사이트Shiv Sena바카라 웹사이트MP바카라 웹사이트Sanjay Raut바카라 웹사이트and his family under the anti-money laundering바카라 웹사이트law.바카라 웹사이트The federal probe agency issued a provisional attachment under the Prevention of바카라 웹사이트Money Laundering바카라 웹사이트Act (PMLA) to freeze the land parcels (plots) and flats, they said. The attachment is linked to a바카라 웹사이트money-laundering바카라 웹사이트probe linked to a Rs 1,034 crore worth land 'scam' related to the re-development of a 'chawl' in Mumbai.바카라 웹사이트The agency had also questioned Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut last year in connection with another money laundering case linked to the PMC Bank fraud case and for her purported links with the wife of Pravin Raut, a Maharashtra-based businessman.
Last week, the ED바카라 웹사이트raided multiple locations in Maharashtra as part of a money-laundering probe against Parab and others linked to alleged irregularities in a land deal in coastal Dapoli area of Ratnagiri district and other charges.바카라 웹사이트The federal probe agency has filed a fresh case against the minister and others under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). At least seven premises, including Parab라이브 바카라 official residence in Mumbai, and linked premises in Dapoli and Pune are being searched by the agency with a security escort provided by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
On May 27, the ED had summoned Farooq Abdullah to its Srinagar office following바카라 웹사이트alleged financial misappropriation between 2004 and 2009 바카라 웹사이트in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, where he was the president from바카라 웹사이트2001 to 2012.바카라 웹사이트The 84-year-old three-time chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state had recorded his statement in the same case in 2019.바카라 웹사이트The ED has attached properties worth over Rs 21 crore already. This includes Rs 11.86 crore of immovable assets of Abdullah.바카라 웹사이트The case was later transferred to the CBI on the high court라이브 바카라 directions. On Tuesday,바카라 웹사이트the federal agency바카라 웹사이트questioned Abdullah for over three hours.
Last week, the ED바카라 웹사이트filed a charge sheet against Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar and his associates in a Delhi court in a 2018 case related to laundering money and suspicious transactions abroad through shell companies.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트A former Karnataka minister, Shivakumar is currently out on bail in the case.바카라 웹사이트This criminal case was filed based on an Income Tax department chargesheet filed against Shivakumar and others before a court in Bengaluru for alleged tax evasion and hawala dealings.바카라 웹사이트The IT Department had also seized unaccounted money worth around Rs 8.59 crore from him.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee came under the radar of the CBI in November 2020.바카라 웹사이트The ED lodged a바카라 웹사이트case against him under the PMLA based on a바카라 웹사이트November 2020 FIR registered by the CBI that alleged a multi-crore coal pilferage scam related to Eastern Coalfields Limited mines in the state's Kunustoria and Kajora areas in and around Asansol.바카라 웹사이트The ED had claimed that the parliamentarian was a beneficiary of funds obtained from this illegal trade. The MP had told reporters that the BJP government at the Centre was using the ED and the CBI바카라 웹사이트for its political interests as it was unable to accept the setback in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.
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The ED last week said it has attached multiple assets of jailed Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik under the anti-money laundering law in a case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his underworld gang. The federal probe agency said in a statement that it has issued a provisional order attaching properties belonging to "Mohammed Nawab Mohammed Islam Malik alias Nawab Malik, his family members, Solidus Investments Pvt. Ltd. and Malik Infrastructure under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)." The properties include Goawala compound and a commercial unit in Mumbai's suburban Kurla (West), a 147.79-acre agricultural land located in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, three flats in Kurla (West) and two residential flats in Bandra (West).
(with PTI inputs)