ED questions Kanimozhi in Rs 200cr payoff case
2G scam: CBI-ED team gets vital information from Singapore
2G case: ED records statement of former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh
18 Apr, 2012, 09.54PM IST, PTI
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate today recorded the statement of former Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the grant of additional 2G spectrum during 2001-03.
Ghosh was quizzed by ED officials on the decision of his ministry to provide additional spectrum to telecom companies without TRAI’s approval.
The former bureaucrat, according to sources, also submitted a few personal financial documents to the agency.
Ghosh, who had served as the top bureaucrat in the Telecom Ministry during NDA rule when late Pramod Mahajan was Telecom Minister, recorded his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
CBI had also registered a case against Ghosh and searched his residence last year as it is also probing the 2G spectrum allocation during NDA rule.
In its FIR, CBI had… Continue reading
2G: ED questions Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Kanimozi aides
New Delhi, April 28, 2012
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in connection with its probe into his role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Kumar, who met ED authorities, was grilled for about 3-4 hours about various aspects of the finances and operations of the TV channel and his business associations, sources said.
Kumar also recorded his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
ED investigators also questioned and recorded the statements of few official representatives sent by DMK MP Kanimozhi on her behalf.
The representatives included financial advisors and accountants, they said.
Kanimozhi, on April 26, had submitted a set of financial documents to the ED authorities who are probing her role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G case.
The DMK Rajya Sabha MP, who is attending the… Continue reading
2G: ED questions Kalaignar TV MD, Kanimozhi aides
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned the MD of Kalaignar TV, Sharad Kumar, in connection with investigations into his role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
The ED officials questioned Mr Kumar for more than three hours about various aspects of the finances and operations of the TV channel and his business associations, sources said. His statement was also recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED investigators also questioned and recorded the statements of few official representatives sent by DMK MP Kanimozhi on her behalf.
The representatives included financial advisors and accountants, they said.
Ms Kanimozhi had on April 26 submitted a set of financial documents to the ED authorities who are probing her role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G case.
ED sources said the DMK Rajya Sabha MP, who is attending the current Parliament… Continue reading
2G: ED questions Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Kanimozi aides
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in connection with its probe into his role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Kumar, who met ED authorities, was grilled for about 3-4 hours about various aspects of the finances and operations of the TV channel and his business associations, sources said.
Kumar also recorded his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
ED investigators also questioned and recorded the statements of few official representatives sent by DMK MP Kanimozhi on her behalf.
The representatives included financial advisors and accountants, they said.
Kanimozhi, on April 26, had submitted a set of financial documents to the ED authorities who are probing her role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G case.
The DMK Rajya Sabha MP, who is attending the current Parliament session, will… Continue reading
Kani submits documents to ED in 2G case
NEW DELHI: Representatives of DMK leader Kanimozhi on Thursday submitted her financial statements to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The agency is probing her in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
The ED is all set to file a prosecution case against Kanimozhi after the Parliament’s Budget session is over and may summon her for questioning. ED is seeking a jail term for the DMK leader that may be up to seven years along with a fine.
Gautam Doshi of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has also been summoned by the agency to record his statement for a similar prosecution case lodged against him, and the firm he represented linked to the 2G scam.
Kanimozhi was released on bail late last year. ED has lodged a case against Kanimozhi and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), but this would be the first time that the agency will record… Continue reading
2G probe: Kanimozhi submits papers to ED
DMK’s Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi on Thursday submitted documents pertaining to Kalaignar Television before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into her role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
The documents, submitted by the authorised representatives of Kanimozhi, provided details regarding her personal and business finances as sought under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the ED.
ED officials said: “Once the documents are examined, Kanimozhi will be summoned again, preferably on a day Parliament is not working”.
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2G scam: Kanimozhi submits documents to ED
DMK MP Kanimozhi today submitted a set of financial documents to the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into her role in the alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Authorised representatives of the 43-year-old daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi met ED authorities here and handed over documents related to her personal and business finances as sought under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, sources said.
“Once the documents (submitted today) are scrutinised she will be summoned, preferably on a day the Parliament is not working,” sources said.
Kanimozhi, who is attending the current Parliament session, was last year released on bail in the 2G case and the agency is set to begin prosecution action.
She and others have been charged by the CBI in connection with the channelling of Rs 200 crore to DMK family-run Kalaignar TV through a… Continue reading
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