The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday reportedly lodged a new ch𒁏arge sheet in a money laundering probe 🧸against alleged middleman and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, presently residing in the UK, along with others.
According to PTI, this supplementary prosecution complaint has ✨been submitted in a local court under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act .
The individuals named in the charge sheeꦆt include Bhandari, his relative S Chadha, and NRI businessman C C Tꦑhampi, reportedly.
It is anticipated that the court will formally acknowled💫ge this complaint later in the week. Notably, the ♉initial charge sheet against Bhandari was filed by the ED in the year 2020.
Bhandari is stated by the ED to have "absconded" to♔ the UK in 2016 and he has been declared a proclaimed offender by a special PMLA court in the money la𒊎undering case linked to possession of alleged undisclosed assets abroad.
The ✤UK government approved Bhandari's extradition to India in January this year, acting on the legal request made by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation which are probing ch💞arges of money laundering and tax evasion against Bhandari for holding alleged undisclosed assets abroad.
The ED filed a criminal case of money laundering against him and others in February 2017, taking cognisance ofꦫ an Income Tax Department charge sheet filed against him under the anti-black money law of 2015.
His alleged links with Robert Vadra, the businessman 🐓husband of Congress leader Priyanka Ga𒁃ndhi Vadra, are also under the scanner of the ED.
In October, the ED has issued eviction orders and taken possession of a costly south🐬 Delhi property as part of this probe against Bhandari.
The agency is also probing his alleged role in another money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the purchase of🦩 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 2009.
