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Topic: Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a central agency working directly under the Ministry of Finance, tasked with investigating and enforcing laws related to financial offenses. Its origin goes back to 1 May, 1956, when an Enforcement Unit was formed in the Department of Economic Affairs for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. The following year, this Unit was renamed as Enforcement Directorate.

The ED’s mandate encompasses investigating offenses under significant legislative frameworks such as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999 (FEMA), and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018 (FEOA). The agency investigates individuals and entities involved in financial wrongdoing. This may include tracing illicit funds, seizing assets acquired through illegal means, and prosecuting offenders to ensure accountability and deterrence.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the ED operates through a network of regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata.

Bribery probe against ED officer: In SC, Tushar Mehta & Sibal spar over ED’s powers in ‘certain states’

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New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Kapil Sibal had a heated exchange in Supreme Court Tuesday over the Enforcement Directorate’s powers...

Why arrest of Aaditya Thackeray’s aide Suraj Chavan in khichdi ‘scam’ is in focus & what he’s accused of

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Connection grew stronger after Thackeray became minister in MVA government, says Sena (UBT) functionaries. Court sends Chavan to ED custody till 22 January.

‘No locus standi’ — ED questions Soren govt’s ‘interference’ with mining probe in Jharkhand

Mayank Kumar -
State had sought grounds for ED summons issued to officials. Agency writes to principal secretary, questions govt's motives.

ED arrests former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in forest scam case

Mayank Kumar -
ED probe stems from case filed by Punjab Vigilance Bureau against multiple irregularities in forest department, arrest comes two months after raids on 14 locations.

ED issues fourth summons to CM Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case for 18 January

PTI -
It is alleged that Delhi govt’s excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it.

ED raids premises of Bengal minister Sujit Bose in connection with municipality jobs scam case

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In August last year, the CBI had summoned Bose for questioning in the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in municipal appointments between 2014 and 2016.

Agencies see Jharkhand order barring depts from turning in files directly as ‘bizarre, delay tactic’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The order, issued after CM Soren skipped 7 ED summons, says information & documents in response to summons by central agencies must go through Dept of Cabinet Secretariat & Vigilance.

ED conducts raids at 10 locations in Bulandshahr linked to arrested ‘land mafia’ Sudhir Goyal

Mayank Kumar -
New Delhi: Less than a month after arresting alleged land mafia Sudhir Goyal on the charges of defrauding investors of crores of rupees, the...

Mamata defends West Bengal’s law & order amid ‘ED attack’ criticism, accuses critics of maligning

PTI -
Three ED officers were 'injured and their vehicles vandalised' after supporters of TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh attacked them during a raid at his residence Friday.

Delhi HC seeks response from ED on AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s bail plea in excise policy case

PTI -
Arrested by ED on 4 October last year, Singh has challenged a trial court’s 22 December order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case.
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