Money laundering: Court takes cognisance of ED charge sheet against conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar

  • | Saturday | 4th December, 2021

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, his wife, actor Leena Maria Paul and six others in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case.Additional Session Judge Praveen Singh took cognisance of the final report and directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to supply its copies to all the accused persons in the case.The charge sheet was filed against Chandrashekhar, Paul and other individuals, including Deepak Ramnani, Pradeep Ramnani, Kamlesh Kothari and Avtar Singh Kochhar.The Delhi Police"s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) had earlier registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.The ED filed its complaint based on a police FIR.According to court sources, the charge sheet consists of around 7,000 pages, including several annexures.All the accused are currently in judicial custody.During Saturday"s hearing all accused appeared through video conferencing.The court fixed December 23 for further hearing in the matter.Advocates Atul Tripathi appeared for the ED.The ED had earlier told the court that money was being moved at Paul"s instructions.According to the ED, at the time of the incident, Chandrasekhar was lodged in Delhi"s Rohini jail and was running an extortion racket from behind bars.The ED recently arrested the couple and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the matter related to the extortion racket which was being run from the jail.Two co-accused Pradeep Ramnani and Deepak Ramnani were also arrested by the ED in the case.During the investigation, searches were conducted at various places linked to Chandrashekar and his associates. During the search, 16 high-end vehicles were seized.The cars were either in the name of firms of Paul or in the name of third parties.Chandrasekhar and Paul were earlier arrested by Delhi Police, along with others.The police recently invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.The Delhi Police had alleged that Paul and Chandrashekhar along with others used Hawala routes, created shell companies to park the money earned from proceeds of crime. PTI UK ANB ANB


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