Coal scam: ED set to register 17 new money laundering FIRs
11 Dec 2014 10:49 PM GMT
Widening its probe in the coal blocks allocation scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is soon expected to register as many as 17 new criminal cases against firms spread in various parts of the country.
Sources said the agency has already scrutinised a number of documents and financial statements of these firms and it will soon register money laundering cases against them. “Some information has been sought by the agency in this regard from the CBI which is also investigating the scam. Once all the information is shared between the two agencies, about 17 firms would be booked under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,” a senior official said.
ED has, till now, registered 16 cases under PMLA to probe these allocations even as it recently questioned former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao who has been named along with other private parties in a case.
Sources said the agency has already scrutinised a number of documents and financial statements of these firms and it will soon register money laundering cases against them. “Some information has been sought by the agency in this regard from the CBI which is also investigating the scam. Once all the information is shared between the two agencies, about 17 firms would be booked under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,” a senior official said.
ED has, till now, registered 16 cases under PMLA to probe these allocations even as it recently questioned former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao who has been named along with other private parties in a case.
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