ED questions Rahul Gandhi’s aide in PMLA case in opposition to TMC functionary

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has questioned and recorded the assertion of Alankar Sawai, a detailed aide of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a cash laundering case wherein TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was not too long ago arrested by the company in Gujarat, officers mentioned.

Sawai was questioned and in addition confronted with Gokhale in Ahmedabad over three days earlier this week, they mentioned.

A former banker, Sawai is taken into account to be a detailed aide of Gandhi, a former Congress president, and is said to be heading his analysis group.

The federal probe company summoned Sawai after it arrested 35-year-old Gokhale on January 25 whereas he was within the Gujarat Police’s custody in reference to alleged monetary irregularities in elevating funds via a crowdfunding platform.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whereas looking for Gokhale’s remand on that day, had knowledgeable an Ahmedabad courtroom that when he was requested about Rs 23.54 lakh deposited in his checking account in money over a 12 months, Gokhale had informed the company that “this amount was given in cash by Alankar Sawai of the India National Congress for social media work and another consultancy”.

On being requested as to why Sawai had paid him in money, Gokhale said that solely Sawai can reply this query, the ED informed the courtroom in its remand paper.

“Further, on being asked regarding any written agreement with Alankar Sawai in respect of social media work he stated that it was only verbal agreement with Alankar Sawai,” the company mentioned.

The ED alleged that these money deposits had been recieved by Gokhale when he was a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Sawai is known to have been questioned about these situations and his assertion was recorded beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Official sources mentioned the questioning and confronting of the 2 has not helped them unearth the fund path as said by Gokhale whilst Sawai purportedly denied making any money funds.

The cash laundering case in opposition to Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR.

The state police arrested Gokhale from Delhi in December final 12 months in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected via crowd-funding.

The ED had knowledgeable the Ahmedabad courtroom {that a} “huge amount of money collected through crowdfunding (by Gokhale) has been splurged on speculative share trading, wining and dining and other personal expenses which appear to be extravagant in nature.”

Gokhale, nonetheless, had denied that he misused these funds. The company could query extra folks linked within the case.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has questioned and recorded the assertion of Alankar Sawai, a detailed aide of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a cash laundering case wherein TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was not too long ago arrested by the company in Gujarat, officers mentioned.

Sawai was questioned and in addition confronted with Gokhale in Ahmedabad over three days earlier this week, they mentioned.

A former banker, Sawai is taken into account to be a detailed aide of Gandhi, a former Congress president, and is said to be heading his analysis group.

The federal probe company summoned Sawai after it arrested 35-year-old Gokhale on January 25 whereas he was within the Gujarat Police’s custody in reference to alleged monetary irregularities in elevating funds via a crowdfunding platform.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whereas looking for Gokhale’s remand on that day, had knowledgeable an Ahmedabad courtroom that when he was requested about Rs 23.54 lakh deposited in his checking account in money over a 12 months, Gokhale had informed the company that “this amount was given in cash by Alankar Sawai of the India National Congress for social media work and another consultancy”.

On being requested as to why Sawai had paid him in money, Gokhale said that solely Sawai can reply this query, the ED informed the courtroom in its remand paper.

“Further, on being asked regarding any written agreement with Alankar Sawai in respect of social media work he stated that it was only verbal agreement with Alankar Sawai,” the company mentioned.

The ED alleged that these money deposits had been recieved by Gokhale when he was a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Sawai is known to have been questioned about these situations and his assertion was recorded beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Official sources mentioned the questioning and confronting of the 2 has not helped them unearth the fund path as said by Gokhale whilst Sawai purportedly denied making any money funds.

The cash laundering case in opposition to Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR.

The state police arrested Gokhale from Delhi in December final 12 months in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected via crowd-funding.

The ED had knowledgeable the Ahmedabad courtroom {that a} “huge amount of money collected through crowdfunding (by Gokhale) has been splurged on speculative share trading, wining and dining and other personal expenses which appear to be extravagant in nature.”

Gokhale, nonetheless, had denied that he misused these funds. The company could query extra folks linked within the case.