The Enforcement Directorate's action stems from a case initially registered by the CBI in 2011, alleging that DCBL invested ₹95 crore in Raghuram Cements Ltd, a company associated with Jagan Reddy
The attached properties, located across Tamil Nadu, have an estimated market value of around Rs 600 crore
Bombay High Court asks ED to verify if Mehul Choksi still holds Indian citizenship, as conflicting claims emerge during hearing on plea to cancel NBW in PNB fraud case
In a recently-filed chargesheet in the Associated Journals Limited-Young Indian-National Herald money-laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought confiscation of assets worth Rs 661 crore that it has attached during the course of the investigation, according to official sources. The federal probe agency has also appended the statements of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) that it had recorded in 2022 during their questioning and it is understood that they have denied any wrongdoing, saying the takeover of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) by Young Indian (YI) was not for commercial purposes, the sources told PTI. The chargesheet names 78-year-old former Congress president and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi as the accused number one and her son, Rahul Gandhi (54), as the accused number two, besides five others. It was filed by the ED before a competent court here that tries criminal cases against lawmakers on April
ED conducted searches at online travel portal's premises
As per information available in the public domain, the ED conducted searches at over 50 locations of various persons and corporates
The ED said that several top politicians and government officials from Chhattisgarh are suspected to be involved in illegal activities and money deals connected to the app
Fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi is under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the ₹13,500 cr Punjab National Bank loan fraud
Congress workers are holding a protest outside 24, Akbar Road against the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi
Robert Vadra, the businessman brother-in-law of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on the second straight day on Tuesday for his questioning in a 2008 Haryana land deal linked money laundering case. He was accompanied by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress MP from Kerala's Wayanad. The two exchanged hugs before Robert Vadra went inside the ED office. He was questioned for about five hours on Tuesday and his statement was recorded by the federal probe agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said. The session will resume on Wednesday, the sources said. The 56-year-old Vadra had termed the ED action "political vendetta". He said he has always cooperated with investigative agencies and has furnished huge amount of documents, stressing that there needs to be a closure in cases which are as old as 20 years. The probe against Vadra is linked to a land deal in Haryana's Manesar-Shikohpu
This land was purchased in benami names with funds diverted from Sahara group entities
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday recorded the statement of Robert Vadra, businessman and brother-in-law of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, for about five hours in a 2008 Haryana land deal-linked money laundering case, official sources said. He has been asked to depose again on Wednesday for continuing the grilling session, the sources said. Terming the agency's move to summon him as "political vendetta", Vadra said he has spent hours with the ED earlier during questioning (in separate money laundering cases), sharing thousands of pages but still the agency has been raking up cases against him. The 56-year-old walked down from his residence at Sujan Singh Park in central Delhi to the ED headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road, a two-km stretch. He entered the ED office at 11 am along with his lawyer while his security team stayed out. Speaking to reporters on the way to the ED office, he alleged, "This is nothing but political vendetta. Whenever I speak for minorities they try
The finance ministry houses a dozen or so investigative agencies but the large pendency of cases in various courts and tribunals raises questions about where their efforts are headed
The chargesheet was filed two days after ED said it has initiated proceedings to take possession of immovable assets valued at ₹661 crore linked to Congress-controlled National Herald newspaper
The Enforcement Directorate has attached ₹1,460 crore worth of benami land in Aamby Valley, seizing 707 acres linked to diverted investor funds in the Sahara probe
The ED has summoned Robert Vadra for questioning in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur; he skipped an earlier summons on April 8
A society member informed that Choski owns three units on 9th, 10th and 11th floors in at Gokul Apartments in Malabar Hill and has not paid maintenance for over seven years
Mehul Choksi, 65, left India on January 2, 2018. He is wanted by the CBI and ED for allegedly cheating Punjab National Bank (PNB) out of ₹13,850 crore
On Saturday, the ED confirmed that notices were served on April 11 to property registrars in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow, directing them to take over AJL assets under the PMLA
The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it has issued notices to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore that it had attached in probe into the money laundering case against Congress-controlled Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The federal probe agency said in a statement that it has affixed these notices at the Herald House located in Delhi at ITO, at the premises in Bandra area of Mumbai and the AJL building located at Bisheshwar Nath Road in Lucknow on Friday. The notices seek vacation of the premises or transfer of rent (in the case of the Mumbai asset) to the ED. The action has been taken under Section (8) and Rule 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that talks about the procedure of taking possession of the assets that are attached by the ED and confirmed by the adjudicating authority (of PMLA). These immovable assets were attached by the ED in November 2023. The ED case of money laundering is against AJL and Young Indian. The National He