Enforcement Directorate

Mehul Choksi faced a major setback when Belgium’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal, allowing his extradition to India in connection with the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam. Arrested in Antwerp in April, Choksi was denied bail as concerns remain over his flight risk. His nephew Nirav Modi is also fighting extradition from London.

Since 2014, the Enforcement Directorate has launched 6,444 money laundering investigations, achieving a 94.64% conviction rate in 56 cases judged on merits. ED’s investigations and search operations have steadily risen, peaking with 1,116 cases in 2021-22. Meanwhile, the Income Tax Department filed 13,877 cases, with mixed prosecution outcomes since 2014-15, government data shows.

Sadeeque used his own and his family members' bank accounts to undertake transactions worth crores of rupees.

The Home Ministry had cancelled the Jamia Islamia Ishatul Uloom Trust registration certificate after it was found that the trust was diverting the amount of foreign donations to another non-FCRA registered NGO. Following this action by the ministry, the investigation by the Enforcement Directorate was further intensified in the case.

Congress leader Aditya Jula utilised false signatures to furnish Taj Resort a contract for a wedding in November 2024.

ED stated that there have been charges of fund diversion and forex-related irregularities using bond revenues.

The FIR was filed on 3rd October following a complaint from the Investigative Unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED has been investigating a money laundering case linked to the National Herald property from 2008 to 2024

The Enforcement Directorate has traced ₹331.36 crore in transactions to a Delhi Rapido driver’s bank account. Identifying it as a "mule account" for the 1xBet betting network, officials revealed the funds paid for a luxury wedding in Udaipur linked to a Gujarat politician.

Mollah did not cooperate in the investigation, despite notices and a non-bailable warrant being issued against him by a local court.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet) against Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and husband...