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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.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal calls meeting of AAP MLAs over ED summons in liquor policy case

PTI -
The AAP chief was summoned by ED last week. Earlier, party leader Raaj Kumar Anand's house was raided in a separate money laundering probe.

Mahadev betting app promoters paid Rs 508 crore to Chhattisgarh CM Baghel, claims ED

PTI -
Agency cites statement of ‘cash courier' it arrested after recovering Rs 5.39 crore from him in the poll-bound state.

Rajasthan cops arrest ED officer for ‘taking bribe to close chit fund case’ against businessman

Mayank Kumar -
The officer sent a middleman to take Rs 15 lakh from the businessman he was probing in the case. The intermediary was caught ‘red-handed’ by ACB.

Kejriwal to ‘miss ED questioning, to address election rally in Madhya Pradesh’, say AAP leaders

PTI -
Delhi CM Thursday wrote to ED demanding that the probe agency withdraws its notice summoning him for questioning in excise policy scam case, claiming it was 'illegal & politically motivated'.

ED attaches Jet Airways properties worth Rs 538 cr, 17 flats & bungalows included

ThePrint Team -
Airline founder Naresh Goyal was arrested on 1 September under PMLA Act, accused of siphoning off money abroad.

SC order rejecting Sisodia bail plea triggers key questions on ED charge that he received bribes

Bhadra Sinha -
Bench says ED allegation of Rs 2.2 crore bribe being paid to Sisodia not part of CBI chargesheet, says charge of kickbacks paid by liquor group is 'somewhat a matter of debate'.

Excise policy case: ED summons Kejriwal to question him on ‘money trail, undue favours to licensees’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Earlier in the day, SC denied bail to former Delhi deputy CM Sisodia — a key accused in the case — observing that a money trail of Rs 338 crore had been 'tentatively established'.

ED summons Arvind Kejriwal on November 2 in Delhi excise policy case

PTI -
Recently, the SC rejected two separate bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in corruption and money-laundering cases in the excise policy matter.

ED arrests 2 Ashoka University co-founders in money laundering case against their pharma firm

Bismee Taskin -
Ashoka University says it has no ties to Chandigarh-based Parabolic Drugs Ltd of which Pranav Gupta is MD & Vineet Gupta ‘whole time director’. ED has also arrested CA SK Bansal.

ED arrests 3, including 2 Ashoka University founders, on money laundering charges

PTI -
Vineet and Pranav Gupta, co-founders of Sonepat-based university, stepped down from their posts in 2022 after the CBI registered a case against them in 2021.
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