New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at several places in three districts of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Meerut, Noida and Prayagraj) and Gurugram in Haryana against a real estate company in the ongoing money laundering investigation related to the bank fraud case. During this, ED searched the offices and residential premises of people associated with Tulsiani group. ED officials searched an office premises in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar, which is linked to a “family member” of BJP MLA Ajay Singh.
Anil Tulsiani, the then CMD of Tulsiani Group, and his wife are accused of allegedly cheating home buyers and bank fraud. The new director is reportedly linked to a BJP MLA. ED took this action on the basis of the FIR of UP Police, which was registered against the real estate company for bank fraud of about Rs 4.63 crore.
Allahabad High Court had also ordered ED to investigate the case. The ED investigation revealed that the “proceeds of crime” in the case are around Rs 10 crore. During the raid, a company named GS Expressway, registered at the address 301, Sahar Plaza, Lucknow, whose directors were Anil Tulsiani and his wife Kavita. Search was conducted in that company also.
It is being told that transactions continued between GS Expressway and Tulsiani Group Company for a long time. At present Sangram Singh and Siddharth Singh are the directors of this company, who are cousins of Basti MLA Ajay Singh. According to the investigating agency, no role of MLA Ajay Singh has come to light in this case.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 24, 2024, 22:04 IST