Why bizman Gaurav Dalmia, wife not made accused in PMLA case? 'conman' Sanjay Prakash Rai asks ED before court
Enforcement Directorate (ED) before a Delhi court on Friday why it has not made businessman Gaurav Dalmia and his wife Sharmila accused in a money laundering case lodged against him. The agency has alleged that Rai, who cheated several people by claiming himself to be close to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), senior bureaucrats and politicians, «duped» Gaurav Dalmia and his family to the tune of Rs 12 crore by instilling in him a fear of arrest in an ongoing investigation by the ED.
An amount of Rs 6 crore from the total sum was received in the bank account of the Youth Rural Entrepreneur Foundation (YREF), of which Rai was a signatory, in January, 2023 from Dalmia Family Office Trust wherein Gaurav Dalmia is a trustee, the ED said. Rai is alleged to have forged documents in respect of the payment to conceal the true nature of transactions.
Advocate Nitesh Rana, representing the accused, asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Sachin Gupta during the hearing on Rai's bail application why the probe agency has not made the Dalmias the accused in the case since it was probing the «proceeds of crime» and they had paid the money.
«Gaurav Dalmia and Sharmila Dalmia must also become accused in given facts and circumstances as they are alleged to have paid the amount, which is the proceeds of crime and the basis of the case,» Rana said.
