Tag: ED
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Popular Front condemns provisional attachment of accounts by ED
Bangalore: 2nd June 2022(Press Release) Popular Front condemns the provisional attachment of the bank accounts belonging to the organization by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). This latest action by ED is part of the ongoing repressive steps taken against the organization for the past few years. It becomes once again clear that the agency is acting…
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Vadra appears before ED for questioning in money laundering case
New Delhi : Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning for the seventh time in connection with its probe into a money laundering case. ED officials said that Vadra arrived at the agency’s Jamnagar office in central Delhi at 10.40 a.m. The ED…
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ED slaps Rs 1,585 crore penalty on Devas for forex violation
Bengaluru : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) imposed a Rs 1,585 crore penalty on satellite services provider Devas Multimedia Ltd, its directors and foreign investors for illegal foreign investment of Rs 579 crore against the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999, the agency said on Sunday. “The authority held Devas, its directors and foreign investors guilty…
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ED raids Kolkata jewellery house for money laundering
Kolkata : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided various locations and office premises of Shree Ganesh Jewellery House here in connection with a Rs 2,672 crore money laundering case, an official said. “Our officials have started search operations at 11 locations including Shree Ganesh’s office premises and residences of its senior officials in the…
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ED questions extradited Agusta co-accused Saxena, lobbyist Talwar
New Delhi : Hours after the extradition of Rajiv Saxena the co-accused in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland case, and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to India from UAE, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team started their questioning. The interrogation started around 4 a.m. soon after they were brought to its office here, a senior ED official said. Both…
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ED seeks attachment of Nirav Modi’s assets worth Rs 255-cr in Hong Kong
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has sent request for attachment of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s Hong Kong assets worth Rs 255 crore in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan default case. The financial probe agency sought attachment of the assets by Hong Kong authorities under the Prevention of…
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Saradha scam: ED given time to respond to Nalini Chidambaram plea
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday gave Enforcement Directorate (ED) and others two weeks to respond to Nalini Chidambaram’s plea against her summoning in the Saradha chit fund scam case. Nalini Chidambaram is a senior lawyer practising in Supreme Court. The bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Ashok Bhushan gave ED…
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ED registers money laundering case against journalist
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against senior journalist Upendra Rai, who was arrested last week on the charge of dubious transactions through his bank accounts, an official said on Friday. More than three ED teams raided Rai’s residence in Greater Kailash in south Delhi and some places…
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ED seizes Nirav Modi valuables worth Rs 36 cr
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it seized valuables worth over Rs 36 crore of absconding diamond jeweller Nirav Modi in connection with an ongoing probe into the Rs 14,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. An ED official told IANS that joint searches with the CBI were carried from…
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PNB case: ED attaches Choksi’s properties worth Rs 1,200 cr
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached 41 properties of Mehul Choksi of the Gitanjali Group, worth Rs 1,217 crore, in connection with an ongoing probe into the Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case. An ED official told IANS: “At least 41 properties worth Rs 1217.20 crore of Choksi and companies…