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Robert Vadra, the businessman husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, skipped his scheduled deposition before the Enforcement Directorate for the second time in a money laundering case linked to UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari, official sources said on Tuesday. Vadra's lawyer said his client was travelling abroad with the "prior" permission of the court to attend his daughter's graduation ceremony. He was asked to appear on Tuesday (June 17) after he failed to do so on June 10. The federal probe agency may issue him a fresh date after examining his reply. The permission to travel (on June 17) was obtained well before the service of the latest summons and an intimation has been sent to the ED also, advocate Suman Jyoti Khaitan said. "Mr Vadra has repeatedly stated that he is available to extend his fullest cooperation with the ED as he has done on all prior occasions, both upon his return from abroad and also for recording his statement through video conference during
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids here on properties of of two organisations - Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd, which are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, in connection with the ongoing probe into alleged illegal financial dealings by them, an ED official said. The central agency's officials raided an office of the promoters at Alipore area of the city, besides at Tangra, Hastings and an upmarket residence at Anandapur allegedly belonging to officers of the organisation, he said. "A total of nine places in the city are currently being searched ... Raids are underway at different places in the city as part of our investigation into the financial irregularities and illegal transactions by the two organisations," the ED official told PTI. The raids by about 50-60 ED officer are involved in the raids, which began at around 8.30 am with a large number of central forces on guard outside each of the nine premises, he ...
The Enforcement Directorate has seized Rs 50 lakh cash, including Rs 46.80 lakh in new notes, after raids at the premises of an educational institute's owner, its third such operation in the city. Acting on a tip-off, the ED sleuths swooped down on the premises of the owner of Swami Devi Dyal Group of Institutes here last night, ED officials said. The seizure included Rs 46.80 lakh in Rs 2,000 denomination notes, they said. The owner claimed that the money which was seized was part of fee received from students, officials said, adding that they are verifying the claim. Meanwhile, the ED has referred the case pertaining to the recovery of cash from a tailor to the Income Tax department for further investigation. In its first operation in Chandigarh, the ED had seized Rs 2.19 crore, including Rs 17.74 lakh in 2,000 rupee notes, from the house of cloth merchant on December 14. In the second operation on December 16, the sleuths recovered about Rs 30 lakh cash including Rs 18 lakh ..