ED gave a big statement in the court against TMC leader
Kolkata. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday told the special court here that an amount of Rs 1,000 crore related to the alleged West Bengal ration scam was converted into foreign currency through a foreign exchange dealing corporate entity linked to arrested Trinamool Congress leader Shankar Aadhya. it was done.
The ED informed the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court that the conversion took place between financial years 2012-13 and 2022-23. The central agency said six foreign exchange dealing entities had direct links with the arrested Trinamool leader or his family members. Aadhya also used other similar institutions for these foreign currency exchanges.
At the end of the hearing, the special court sent Aadhya to judicial custody till February 3. “Only God will punish those who are responsible for trapping me in this conspiracy,” Aadhya told media persons as she boarded the jail van after the hearing. Aadhya’s lawyer did not file any bail plea on Saturday. However, he requested to shift his client, who was surviving on one kidney, to the Correctional Home Hospital.
However, the ED counsel objected to this and claimed that the current medical condition of the arrested leader does not require his hospitalisation. The ED is seeking help from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to get details of foreign currency exchange done in the case of diverting the proceeds of a ration distribution case worth crores of rupees. Sources said ED officials have already identified some major deviations from prescribed norms in foreign exchange transactions worth crores of rupees that have come to light during the investigation of the ration distribution case.
