The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned MNS party chief Raj Thackeray in connection with its money laundering probe in the IL&FS alleged payment default case, officials said Monday. They said the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case on August 22. They added that Unmesh Joshi, son of former state chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi, has also been summoned in the same case. Joshi is supposed to appear on Monday or Tuesday, they said. The agency is probing Thackeray's involvement in the case in connection with the IL&FSgroup's loan equity investment in a company called Kohinoor CTNL. The company was promoted by Joshi. Thackeray and Joshi had jointly bid for some assets after creating a consortium but later the MNS supremo quit. The ED, it is understood, wants to look into the entire transaction and hence has summoned the two. The ED had last week filed a charge sheet in the case too.
Agency plans further probe to establish charges of concealment and collusion with former IL&FS brass; to file additional charge sheet soon
Mineral sold was meant for firm's captive use; attached properties pertain to Usha Martin's wire rope business, mines were transferred earlier to Tata Steel as part of steel biz sold
ED is learnt to have summoned Singh brothers along with close associate N K Ghoshal
REL's subsidiary Religare Finvest (RFL) had filed the complaint with the EoW, alleging fraud and misappropriation of funds to the tune ofRs740 crore and had named the Singh brothers and others
The central agency issued a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the firm, it said in a statement
ED initiated investigation on the basis of information that MSTPL remitted huge funds in contravention of FEMA
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed the money laundering case after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR
The ED alleged the accused in the illegal manufacture, sale and distribution of gutkha products of Tamil Nadu had earned a turnover of Rs 639.40 crore from June 2013 to June 2016
Puri was to be confronted with some evidence during questioning at an Enforcement Directorate office
The agency was expected to produce the accused before a special court here on Saturday for seeking further custody
A similar order was issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) early this month
Here are some instances of government agencies' tussles with the process
he charge sheet was filed before Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj by Special Public Prosecutor Atul Tripathi in Delhi
Agarwal was appointed as special director in ED in January 2017 for five years.
ED also sought to question Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman and allegedly a friend of Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, a UAE-based businessman
Investigations revealed that the Siva Group negotiated, applied and obtained loan in the name of front company Axcel Sunshine Ltd
Sanjay Mishra is currently posted as chief commissioner of Income Tax department in Delhi
It issued 565 provisional orders for attachment in the three-year period as compared to 492 in the previous decade.
The department said the working strength of ED increased from 881 as on March 6, 2017, to 941 on March 1, 2018