Enforcement Directorate has till now recovered Rs 20 crore from residence of a household help employed by Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary to Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam.
Jaffer Sadiq was arrested by the NCB last month for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of about 3,500 kg of pseudoephedrine with a street value of more than Rs 2,000 crore.
This came just hours after India summoned a senior American diplomat over earlier remarks by the US State Department about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest.
The ED case was registered following a Punjab Vigilance Bureau FIR alleging embezzlement of nearly Rs 137 cr released as compensation for guava orchards on land acquired by the GMADA.
Latest case is of land grab. After he disappeared early January, local residents have accused Shahjahan and his aides of seizing their land and even sexual assault.
The AAP senior leader said that the ED officials didn't make any seizures during the 16-hour-long raids at the residence of Delhi CM's personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar Tuesday.
Agency says searches also carried out at residence of a former 'senior official' of Essel Group and that it recovered some 'incriminating documents' in the wide-ranging raids Wednesday.
TMC, for whom Sheikh has proven electorally useful in the past, has adopted a wait & watch strategy following the attack on ED officers who went to raid Sheikh’s residence in Sandeshkhali.
The investigations comes after FIR was filed by CBI and Anti-Corruption Bureau alleging large-scale fraud in the processing and sanctioning of short-term loans (KCC) to fish farmers.
The investigation stems from charge sheet filed by DRI on charges of false declarations in imports for customs evasion of more than Rs 7 crore & international hawala transactions.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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