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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.

It is an ‘ED’ govt in Maharashtra – the Eknath-Devendra govt, says Fadnavis after trust vote

ThePrint Team -
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ED says no to more time, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut to appear before probe agency Friday

ANI -
Raut is being investigated in a money-laundering case; he missed the summons for last Monday due to the political crisis in his party.

ED issues fresh summons to Sanjay Raut in ‘money laundering’ case linked to Mumbai chawl

PTI -
Rajya Sabha MP Raut was issued the first summons for Tuesday but he sought more time. He has been issued another summons asking him to appear before the ED on 1 July.

How much rent earned on AJL assets? How was it spent? What ED asked Rahul Gandhi

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There are allegations of cheating & conspiracy in acquisition of 'National Herald' publisher Associated Journals Limited by Young Indian — company in which Gandhis 'have majority stake'.

CBI, ED, and NCB always bow to party in power. Summons to Gandhis only reinforces the idea

Arpit Sharma -
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ED summons to Rahul Gandhi a shot in arm for Congress. For cadre, this creates a problem

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Congress has hit the streets over Rahul Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case. Not everyone's on the same page, though.

ED quizzes Rahul Gandhi for 2nd day in National Herald case as party workers continue protests

PTI -
The Congress MP from Wayanad was accompanied by his sister & Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He had spent over 10 hours at the ED office Monday.

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Gehlot, Kharge & Surjewala among Congress leaders detained during march to ED for Rahul Gandhi

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Rahul Gandhi was summoned by ED Monday in the National Herald case. Gandhi was accompanied on the march by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among other Congress leaders.

‘Why Not For Me?’ Cong leaders question if nation-wide protest justified for ‘Ordinary MP’ Rahul

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The Gandhis have been summoned by the ED for questioning. Some Congress leaders think a show of solidarity is justified for party president Sonia Gandhi, but not for Rahul.
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