ED may register money laundering case in Delhi heist probe

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 05 2014 | 7:22 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate (ED) may register a money laundering case into the recent Rs 8 crore heist in Delhi due to suspicion of hawala dealing and illegal financing crimes.
The agency, sources said, is awaiting some documents from the Delhi Police and it has already begun a discreet probe into the case.
Sleuths have trained their scanner on this case as the names of some bookies have come to the fore in the handling of this cash which has looted.
ED has already been pursuing some cases of hawala dealers in noth India as part of its action against slush funds in the narcotics trade.
The agency, sources said, will also go through the Delhi Police's FIR filed in this case and make a regular case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The sensational robbery occurred in national capital last week when armed people reportedly looted Rs 7.69 crore from a businessman named Rajesh Kalra and his associates in broad daylight near Lajpat Nagar Metro station.

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First Published: Feb 05 2014 | 7:22 PM IST

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