ED raids offices of Kamat, gets prop docs worth Rs 100cr

The Enforcement Directorate, probing the charge of money laundering in the Louis Berger bribery case, has seized documents of properties worth over Rs 100 crore from the residence and offices of former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and his close aides, an official said on Friday. The agency Friday seized foreign currencies equivalent to Rs 8.43 lakh from two bank lockers of Pinky (<g data-gr-id="8">Gaurish</g>) Lawande, brother-in-law of Kamat. “Documents of properties worth over Rs 100 crore were seized by ED yesterday from the residence and offices of Kamat and his close aides. Today, ED searched two lockers (of <g data-gr-id="9">Lawande</g>) and seized foreign currency equivalent to Rs 8.43 lakh from Panaji branches of State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank,” a senior ED official said without elaborating.