About 10 premises in Ludhiana and nearby locations are being searched by the ED officials under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
The promoter and director of a West Bengal-based company that allegedly ran a ponzi scheme and cheated gullible investors has been arrested under the anti-money laundering law.
The ED had recently submitted a charge sheet at a PMLA court in Kolkata where it claimed that Bhadra used the bank accounts of his daughter and son-in-law for diverting ill-gotten proceeds.
ED on August 12 filed the prosecution complaint against the then State Transport Minister for committing the offence of money laundering emanating from the cash for jobs scam in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai).
Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed charge sheet on August 12 against the minister, took it on file and transferred the matter to the special court dealing with cases related to MPs and MLAs.
Due to this, the officers did not reach the office on August 16. In May Rs 2.31 crore and a gold bar were recovered from the almirah of Yojana Bhavn near Secretariat.
The notice is related to his alleged acquaintance with Monson Mavunkal, who was arrested for dealing in fake antique objects. Monson is in judicial custody in the case.