The probe is linked to alleged siphoning of bank loan funds in connection with the financing of the oil and gas assets of the business house in Mozambique, official sources said.
Deshmukh submitted a letter to the agency in compliance with the summons. He also requested a copy of the Enforcement Case Information Report from the ED.
The Enforcement Directorate had previously filed a case against Unitech over allegations that its owners illegally diverted over Rs 2,000 crore to Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.
The court also asked Dhoot to surrender his passport and said he must appear before ED when required for probe in the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case.
The officials said that the PMLA probe is related to alleged drugs trafficking and a fake passport case, adding that a few accused in the case are lodged in jail.
The ED said it conducted raids at the registered offices of some companies who were illegally running online betting apps on websites which are hosted from outside India.
ED said the action was undertaken by French authorities on its request and the agency found a large sum was remitted abroad from the bank account of Kingfisher Airlines for the asset.
The ED said the searches resulted in the recovery of evidence of money laundering as the bank accounts have been found to be used for routing suspicious transactions.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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