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ED arrests Verma, wife for money Laundering
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested arms lobbyist Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Neascu in a money laundering case. The duo had allegedly laundered money by way of receipt of the amount from a Swiss defence firm to stall its blacklisting from the Government.
The ED arrested the couple following permission from a local court as the duo was at present in judicial custody in a separate case registered by the CBI. The ED had on Tuesday told the court that they would place the couple under arrest in connection with the fresh case related to Prevention of Money Laundering Act filed by it.
The ED will produce the duo before a designated court on Thursday to seek police remand, agency sources said.
Following the ED case, the police remand and the judicial custody will further continue for the next 60 days and the duo will not be entitled for bail during this period. If the ED chargesheets the duo in the money laundering case within the stipulated 60 days, grant of bail will be more difficult, the sources said.
The duo was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Tuesday in a forgery case registered by CBI on Union Minister Ajay Maken’s complaint. Earlier, both the accused had been granted bail on August 8 in a graft case registered by the CBI for allegedly receiving US $530,000 from Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, a Swiss defence firm for using his influence to stall its blacklisting proceedings by Government.
The CBI, however, had arrested them on the same day in the fresh forgery case, registered on Union Sports Minister Maken’s complaint, in the courtroom itself.
They were accused of writing a letter to the Prime Minister in 2009 on Maken’s forged letterhead for easing of business visa norms for Chinese workers employed by Chinese telecom firm ZTE.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested arms lobbyist Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Neascu in a money laundering case. The duo had allegedly laundered money by way of receipt of the amount from a Swiss defence firm to stall its blacklisting from the Government.
The ED arrested the couple following permission from a local court as the duo was at present in judicial custody in a separate case registered by the CBI. The ED had on Tuesday told the court that they would place the couple under arrest in connection with the fresh case related to Prevention of Money Laundering Act filed by it.
The ED will produce the duo before a designated court on Thursday to seek police remand, agency sources said.
Following the ED case, the police remand and the judicial custody will further continue for the next 60 days and the duo will not be entitled for bail during this period. If the ED chargesheets the duo in the money laundering case within the stipulated 60 days, grant of bail will be more difficult, the sources said.
The duo was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Tuesday in a forgery case registered by CBI on Union Minister Ajay Maken’s complaint. Earlier, both the accused had been granted bail on August 8 in a graft case registered by the CBI for allegedly receiving US $530,000 from Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, a Swiss defence firm for using his influence to stall its blacklisting proceedings by Government.
The CBI, however, had arrested them on the same day in the fresh forgery case, registered on Union Sports Minister Maken’s complaint, in the courtroom itself.
They were accused of writing a letter to the Prime Minister in 2009 on Maken’s forged letterhead for easing of business visa norms for Chinese workers employed by Chinese telecom firm ZTE.
