Nadia betel nut trader’s premises raided by ED, business documents scrutinised
Two ED teams, escorted by CAPF personnel, arrived in a convoy of five vehicles and launched coordinated search operations.
Two ED teams, escorted by CAPF personnel, arrived in a convoy of five vehicles and launched coordinated search operations.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to expand its investigation into the CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case to include PA Mohammed Riyas, a former minister and husband of Veena T (Veena Vijayan), daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
In an unusual move, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Sessions Court's order granting bail to SFI leader Harish Kumar, the ninth accused in the case relating to the attack on ED officials following a raid at former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's rented residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) broadened the scope of its probe into the CMRL payoff case to investigate if the first Pinarayi Vijayan government granted favours in exchange for payments to Exalogic Solutions, the company owned by the former CM’s daughter.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated T. Veena (Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister) for a second time on Thursday at its Kochi zonal office.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the ED said that in addition to freezing assets, the agency seized a 100-gram gold bar from the premises of Smart Creations in Chennai, one of the facilities allegedly used for the extraction process.
Searches were conducted at 21 locations across Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu to investigate possible money laundering linked to the alleged gold smuggling case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and other officials on petitions filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), accusing them of obstructing the agency’s search operations at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before the Supreme Court today that there was material on record to indicate the presence of incriminating evidence at the I-PAC raids' site in Kolkata.
ED has sought the top court's directions for a CBI inquiry into the alleged interference by the Bengal CM in its investigation.
