A Raja, according to the ED, incorporated the benami company in 2007 in the name of his family members and his close family friend, with the sole objective of using it as a vehicle to park the proceeds of crime.
"Amit Kumar Agarwal, Vishnu Kumar Agarwal, Chhavi Ranjan are all involved in land cases. They even become the residents of the particular area where they want to take land. The even change their names," BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam said speaking in a press conference.
The two accused identified as Benami client Sathish Kumar and Kiran P P, who was the bank's collection agent, were arrested on Monday, the ED said. They were later produced in the Kaloor PML court.
The Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma on Monday asked the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Law in the matter.
Enforcement Directorate has taken physical possession of 15 land parcels situated at Gurugram, Haryana having a book value of Rs 245.05 crore belonging to a private Group (a benami group of Chandras of Unitech Ltd.), the agency said on Monday.
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted six weeks more time to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to respond on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to implement a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to control black money generation and benami transactions.
The "benami property" means any property which is the subject matter of a benami transaction and also includes the proceeds from such property and "benami transaction" means,-- a transaction or an arrangement where a property is transferred to, or is held by, a person, and the consideration
According to the ED statement, the attached properties include eight benami immovable properties worth Rs 7.57 crore which are beneficially owned by Saumya Chaurasia, Deputy Secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhepesh Baghel.
During the course of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigation, ED found that A Raja during his tenure as minister of environment and forests had granted environmental clearances to a real estate company, based out of Gurugram, according to a statement from ED released on l
The government, since 2014, expeditiously put in place significant legal provisions to support the zero-tolerance policy against corruption, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra said on Friday.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeks direction to implement a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to control black money generation and Benami transactions.