Enforcement Directorate  

Ambidant company’s Fareed has told CCB that Janardhan Reddy and ED officials met at Taj Westend in Bengaluru and closed the deal.

Sources said officers of the enforcement directorate got a tip-off from the airport officials as there was a lookout notice against Kulkarni. He apparently arrived in Calcutta from Hong Kong.

On Wednesday, The ED opposed Chidambaram’s anticipatory bail plea and sought custodial interrogation of the former minister in the money laundering case, alleging that he was not cooperating in the probe

Mishra, a 1984-batch IPS officer of Union Territories cadre, is the chief commissioner of Income Tax in Delhi. The present head, Karnal Singh, will retire today after heading the agency for more than two-and-half years.

ED officials said the searches are being conducted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the central probe agency is looking for documents.

Economist and BJP MP Subramanian Swamy alleged that in 2006 Karti Chidambaram, the son of then minister of finance P Chidambaram, through a company in his control had received 5% share of Aircel to get part of the $ 40 billion paid by Maxis Communications for the 74% share of Aircel, but can this be proved in a court of law?

According to foreign media reports, Choksi got Antiguan citizenship last year to expand his business as the passport of the Caribbean nation provides visa-free travel to 132 countries