Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint before Special Court Bengaluru, Karnataka against Injaz International and its partners, Misbahuddin S. and Suhail Ahmed Sheriff under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, said a press release on Wednesday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been probing alleged violations of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) the flagship scheme of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the state.
In the remand report submitted by ED in the PMLA Court today against M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the Kerala CMO in the LIFE Mission Scam Case, revealed some WhatsApp chats between him and other accused Swapna Suresh.
According to the agency, the case involved defrauding people by luring them to invest and trade in forex, commodities and gold by creating a fake website promising exorbitant returns. The cognizance of the offence of money laundering has been taken by the Special Court (PMLA), Madurai.
A special PMLA court on Wednesday sent the former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Office, M Sivasankar to five days of remand till February 20 in the custody of Enforcement Directorate (ED).
This is the first arrest in the case, pertaining to the state government's LIFE Mission project, which intended to provide homes to the poor who lost their houses in the floods of 2018. The housing project was proposed at Vaddakanchery in Thrissur district.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh alleged that when he was in jail, he was offered a "deal" for getting out, and had he accepted it, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government could not have lasted even 2.5 years.
Speaking at a Dawn News broadcast on Saturday, Abbasi said the inquiry Imran has requested for was provided for under Article 6 of the country constitution. "If Imran Khan thinks the Constitution was violated, he should file an Article 6 petition," he said, adding, "It is his right."