Astrologer who ‘duped’ Karnataka HC ex-judge faces cash laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has opened up a probe into doable cash laundering by an astrologer arrested in December by the Bengaluru Police crime department on costs of duping politicians, a former Karnataka HC decide and businessmen of over Rs 80 crore by flaunting connections to high Central and state political leaders.
The company has registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) to have a look at the monetary actions of Yuvaraj Swami alias Yuvaraj Ramdas alias Sevalal, 52, who’s an accused in as many as 14 circumstances of dishonest in Bengaluru, an ED official stated.
Swami is accused of promising his victims excessive positions within the authorities – together with that of Governor, MP, Union minister, in addition to high positions in boards and firms run by the Central and state governments – and swindling enormous funds from them.

Swami is alleged to have taken retired Karnataka High Court decide Justice B S Indrakala to Delhi and launched her to a number of leaders to achieve her confidence so as to get her to half with over Rs 8 crores for the promise of a excessive authorities place in 2018-19.
A former BJP MP can be alleged to have paid over Rs 10 crore to Swami, who promised his re-nomination in addition to a ministerial place. The former MP has not filed a proper grievance however associates are reported to have petitioned the police in December 2019 concerning the swindle.
Swami was initially arrested by the Bengaluru Police on December 16 after businessman Okay P Sudheendra Reddy filed a grievance on December 14, saying that he was cheated of Rs 1.5 crore by the astrologer, who promised to make him the chairman of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation by utilizing his connections within the authorities.
After Swami was arrested, a number of different individuals got here ahead with related complaints, together with Indrakala, BJP chief Anandha Kumar Kola and a member of the Kalahasti temple belief in Andhra Pradesh.
A civil and classes court docket in Bengaluru lately ordered the provisional attachment of 26 properties, valued at over Rs 80 crore, belonging to the astrologer as a part of efforts to get well the big sum of money alleged to have been swindled by him.

Earlier this week, a court docket in Bengaluru rejected a bail plea filed by the astrologer within the case filed by Reddy by referring to the police argument that Swami is “politically and financially very influential”.
In the course of the listening to, Swami’s advocates argued that “no prudent man would receive such huge amounts for an illegal cause”. They argued that the individuals who’re claiming to have been cheated have to be prosecuted underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act for staking declare to authorities posts by making an attempt to pay bribes to individuals in public service.