ED acting like a political weapon of Modi and BJP: Venugopal on Kejriwal’s judicial remand
The Congress leader said, “Every action of the ED nowadays is based on some ‘political vendetta’.”
The Congress leader said, “Every action of the ED nowadays is based on some ‘political vendetta’.”
Senior Advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Vikram Chaudhari, and Ramesh Gupta appeared for the AAP chief and Delhi CM Kejriwal.
Kejriwal said this while being taken to the Rouse Avenue court for his appearance.
The Calcutta High Court had allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to probe the multicrore recruitment scam.
An official spokesperson of the ED said these raids were conducted on 1 June under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
“What is the urgency,” Justice Dhulia asked state government counsel, “You can always tell the high court that we will next hear it on 3rd July and till then....”
In Assembly CM urges ED to conduct a thorough probe
The central agency wants to question him in connection with his alleged complicity in laundering cash allegedly received from coal and illegal mining scam on behalf of a highly influential political person and a minister as well.
Payments solution provider Razorpay, which was raided by the Enforcement Directorate recently, in a statement said that it has cooperated with the agency and its funds have not been frozen.
According to a statement released by the ED, this was done in connection with the money laundering case against M/Ranchi Expressway Ltd, Madhucon Projects Limited.
