Top Politicians' Names Emerge in D-Company Deals, ED Probes Links
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��� �������������������� �������������� �� ��������������� ������ �������������������������� Bank fraud case: ED attaches ����������������������� ����� Rs 4,025 cr assets of BPSL NEW DELHI: The Enforcement amount of Rs 695.14 crore was ed to criminal activity of scheduled Directorate (ED) has attached introduced as capital by Sanjay offence. immovable properties worth Rs Singal and his family members in "These proceeds of crime 4,025.23 crore of Bhushan Power BPSL out of artificially generated (amount) were laundered by way and Steel Limited (BPSL) in a money Long Term Capital Gains (LTCG) by of introduction into the books of laundering case against the firm for diversion of bank loans fund of accounts as equity for window siphoning off funds obtained as BPSL. LTCG was exempted from dressing the debt equity ratio." loans from various banks and finan- Income Tax during the relevant Investigations have further cial institutions, the agency said on time, said the agency. revealed that, during the relevant Saturday. "BPSL had made payments to period when the loan funds were The attached assets include land, various entities by way of RTGS diverted and reintroduced as equi- building, plant and machinery of against fictitious purchases of capi- ty, BPSL had acquired land, build- BPSL in Odisha. tal goods. In lieu of the RTGS pay- ing and plant and machinery �������������������������������������������� "The quantification of the Rs ments, these entities had trans- worth thousands of crores of ����������������������������������������������� 4,025.23 crore attached assets is ferred cash to BPSL which was ulti- rupees at its Odisha plant, the ED ��������������������������������������������� interim as of now and investigations mately traced to have been used for said. �������������������������������������������������������������� to identify further proceeds of crime generation of artificial LTCG by ED took over the case based on are under progress," the ED said. jacking up the prices of penny FIR registered by the Central NEW DELHI: Appealing to the ahead of the RTI with the Investigations conducted under stocks by way of synchronized trad- Bureau of Investigation (CBI) people not to misuse the Right dashboard system," he said. Prevention of Money Laundering ing." under charges of criminal conspir- to Information (RTI), Union The Home Minister also Act (PMLA) revealed that BPSL had Another amount of Rs 3,330.09 obtained as various loans from operators, said the agency. acy, cheating and forgery of Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on noted that instances of misu- used various modus operandi to crore invested as equity (share banks diverted from accounts of According to the agency, inves- Penal Code and under sections of Saturday asserted that the ing the Act has been very low siphon off funds obtained as loans capital and premium) by promoter BPSL in the shape of advances tigations till date have revealed Prevention of Corruption Act Centre was working to min- and that around 2.5 crore RTI from various banks and financial companies was also found to have shown to various shell companies circular diversion of funds totaling against BPSL, its CMD Sanjay imise the use of the Act which applications have been dealt institutions, said the ED, adding an been routed out of the funds operated by the different entry to Rs 4025.23 crore which is relat- Singal and others. could be achieved by putting with successfully since 2005. maximum information in pub- lic domains. ������������ The Home Minister made �������������� PM Modi to inaugurate the announcement at the 14th Annual Convention of Central ������������ Information Commission. "The government's motive is ���������� Kartarpur corridor on that there should be minimum RTI applications. And, it ������� �������������� would be possible only when �������������������������� Nov 8: Harsimrat Badal the people get the information ������������������������� before they need it," Shah ������������������������ NEW DELHI : Prime Pakistan on October said. Shah said that the gov- ��������������������������� Minister Narendra Modi 10 had said that no date ernment has taken various ��������������������������� will inaugurate the has been fixed so far for steps to put out maximum ������������������������ much-awaited Kartarpur the inauguration of the information to the public to ����������������������������� corridor, connecting the corridor, albeit it assured reduce the need for filing an ������������������������ Dera Baba Nanak shrine that the work on the same RTI. He, however, said that ��������������������������� in Punjab's Gurdaspur is expected to be complet- the RTI was very necessary to ������������������������� with Darbar Sahib ed on time. bridge the gap between the ��������������������������� Gurdwara in Pakistan, on "Kartarpur Saheb people and the government. ������������������������� November 8. project is expected to be Informing about an alter- ���������������������������� Taking to Twitter, completed on time and nate technology to get infor- ������������������ Union Minister Harsimrat the opening will take mation without filing RTI ���������������������������� Kaur Badal on Saturday place as committed by the applications, Shah said that a ��������������������������� announced, "With the Prime Minister of dashboard system for various ������������������������� blessings of Guru Nanak Dev rate the Kartarpur corridor Pakistan," Pakistan Foreign on November 8. After the schemes has been introduced ��������������������������� Ji, Sikh Panth's ardaas for Minister spokesperson by the Narendra Modi-led ������������������������� 'khule darshan deedar' of Sri inauguration, he will pay his Mohammad Faisal said dur- obeisance at Sultanpur government to facilitate peo- ���������������������������� Kartarpur Sahib to finally ing the media briefing, ple in getting information ������������������������� Lodhi. On November 11, become reality! On Nov 8th, adding that the "Dates have online. With the use of the sys- �������������������������� Home Minister Amit Shah history will be created with not been finalised as yet." tem in various schemes, Shah ���������������������������� will visit the SGPC (Shiromani PM @narendramodi ji inau- The corridor will connect said that the technology has �������������������������� Gurdwara Parbandhak gurating the #kartarpurcor- Kartarpur Sahib with Dera even enabled the poorest of ������������������������ Committee) stage. On ridor (ICP)." Baba Nanak shrine in beneficiaries in order to ������������������������ Speaking to media, Badal November 12, President Ram Gurdaspur district of Punjab ���������������������������� ������������������������������������������� Nath Kovind will visit the receive information about the said, "Prime Minister and facilitate visa-free move- schemes being provided to �������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������� ��� Narendra Modi will inaugu- SGPC stage." ment of Indian pilgrims. ���������������������������� them. "We are now two steps ����������������������������� ��������������������������� ���������������������������� ������������������������ ������������������������� Top politicians' names emerge in ������������������������ �������������� ������������������������� ���������������������������� D-company deals, ED probes links has taken receipt of �������������������������� Rs 5 and officially ��������������������������� MUMBAI: Amid Assembly According to initial the properties were pur- which was backed by a became a Congress ������������������������� polls in Maharashtra, the investigations, in the mid- chased through the top politician. member. ������������������������������ Enforcement Directorate's 1980s the properties were Dawood-Mirchi group's Sources in ED said, Lamba had met �������������������������� (ED) crackdown on the purchased by underworld crime proceeds. names of politicians, cor- interim party ���������������������������� aides of drug kingpin Iqbal don Dawood Ibrahim using The properties were porate honchos and a for- President Sonia ������������������������ Mirchi, a leading member a trust as a front. Later, the transferred in an illegal mer Civil Aviation Minister gandhi on Thursday. ���������������������� of D-company, can set off trust transferred the prop- manner to Mirchi in early had surfaced in connec- Lamba quit the ��������������������������� trouble for big political erties to Mirchi, who had 1990s, sources said. During tion with the case. AAP on September 6 ���������������������������� guns, including a former shifted his base to the UK. the Mumbai serial blast However, their direct and had announced �������������������������� Civil Aviation Minister. According to ED probe, these properties involvement in the deal that she would join �������������������������� The ED officials are sources, Bindra, a million- were identified with D-com- couldn't be corroborated, the Congress in the �������������������������� questioning two aides of aire property dealer, is pany and were attached. at the moment. presence of Sonia �������������������������� Mirchi on their links with known for his links in the However, in 2005, the According to investiga- Gandhi at her resi- ������������������������ politicians and builders, political and corporate cir- court quashed the order tions, most deals were dence. ����������������������������� who were allegedly cles. While Bindra on the grounds that actual done by 2010 when Mirchi A former Delhi ��������������������������� involved in transaction of approached