A Delhi court has sought the help of authorities in the US, Canada and Hong Kong for collection of evidence and documents in connection with a case of alleged money laundering globally in a drug trafficking racket involving three Indians.
The court has issued letters of request (LRs) to competent authorities in these countries highlighting the treaties with them for examining the facts and other circumstances concerning the case probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED). Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna allowed the plea filed by the ED in the case in which the probe agency had named Amritsar residents Gagandeep Singh and Paramdeep Singh, Delhi-based Gaurav Gupta and firm Raja and Co Forex Pvt Ltd in a charge sheet as accused. The order came after ED’s special public prosecutor N K Matta told the court that since investigation in the case has international ramifications and probe has to be carried out at various places in India and abroad, an LR may be made to competent authorities in the US, Hong Kong and Canada.