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681 ED has conducted search operations under PMLA, 2002 on 17/07/2023 at seven locations connected to K. Ponmudy, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a serving Minister of Higher Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu, and his son, Gautam Sigamani, MP. During the searches, various incriminating documents, cash amounting to Rs. 81.7 lakh, foreign currency (British pounds) equivalent to approx. Rs. 13 lakhs was seized and Fixed Deposits of Rs.41.9 Crore have been freezed. 18/Jul/2023 192.21 KB
682 ED has seized 02 residential flats worth Rs. 2.83 Crore at Borivali (Mumbai) in the name of Bhupesh Agarwal and his wife under the provisions of Section 37A of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. 18/Jul/2023 235.32 KB
683 ED has filed Prosecution Complaint before the Hon’ble Special Judge, PMLA, SAS Nagar, Punjab on 16.06.2023 against Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot (Naib-Tehsildar) and 12 others under PMLA, 2002 in a case related to misallocation and illicit sale of falsely allocated shares of Shamlat (panchayat) Land of Village Seonk. The Hon’ble Special Judge, PMLA, has taken cognizance of the said Prosecution Complaint on 17.07.2022. 18/Jul/2023 133.48 KB
684 ED has arrested Sumit Kumar, the then Branch Manager, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Boring Road, Patna on 10.07.2023 for offences of money laundering under PMLA, 2002 in the case of Kotak Mahindra Bank Fraud. After the arrest, Sumit Kumar was produced before the Hon’ble Special PMLA Court on 11.07.2023 and was granted judicial custody. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Court has granted ED custody on 17/7/2023 for 5 days i.e. till 21/07/23. 18/Jul/2023 155.83 KB
685 ED has attached properties valued at Rs. 15.03 Crore in the form of Bank accounts, shares, mutual funds, residential flats and land belonging to accused persons namely Kuntal Ghosh, Ayan Sil and Santanu Banerjee in the Teachers Recruitment Scam of West Bengal. The total seizure and attachment in the case stands at Rs. 126.70 Crore. 14/Jul/2023 64.07 KB
686 ED has seized Rs.3.94 Crore in the case of Pigeon Education Technology India Private Limited under Section 37A of FEMA, 1999. Investigation revealed that the said entity was owned and controlled by the Chinese nationals and an amount of Rs 82.72 Crore has been siphoned to China and Hong Kong from the company under the pretext of advertising expenses. Total seizure in the case stands at Rs.12.25 Crore. 14/Jul/2023 357.6 KB
687 ED has conducted searches at various places in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on 08.07.2023 in connection with Fake Website Scam. During the searches, cash amounting to Rs.1.3 Crore, bank accounts having balances amounting to Rs. 15.8 Lakh and various incriminating documents and corroborative evidence have been seized/ freezed. 10/Jul/2023 242.92 KB
688 ED has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs. 52.24 Crore belonging to Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra and others in the case of Delhi Liquor Scam. Total attachment in the case is now Rs. 128.78 Crore. 08/Jul/2023 94.32 KB
689 ED Bhubaneswar has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets amounting to Rs. 1.06 Crore (approx.) of Pradeep Kumar Satapathy, Ex-Chairman of Sonepur Panchayat Samiti, Sonepur, District – Subarnapur, Odisha under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in the disproportionate assets case. 08/Jul/2023 107.28 KB
690 ED carried out search operations on 06.07.2023 at various premises of M/s Emparta Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and its Directors in Siliguri and Sikkim. During the searches, M/ s Emparta Infrastructure Pvt Limited has voluntarily tendered draft amounting Rs 2.60 Crore of their pending arrears of lease rent pertaining to a Rose Valley Group hotel, and unaccounted cash of Rs 44 lakhs was seized. 08/Jul/2023 90.54 KB