The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against an accused who cheated several persons by claiming to be close to senior politicians and bureaucrats. The agency had earlier issued orders for freezing and attaching 19 properties worth over ₹14.54 crore in the case.
The accused has been identified as Sanjay Prakash Rai, against whom the money laundering probe is being conducted by the agency on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Lucknow Police in Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested in June this year.
During the probe, the ED has searched 42 locations in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Ghazipur, Pune and Gandhidham. The agency alleged that Mr. Rai duped businessman Gaurav Dalmia and his family of ₹12 crore by claiming that the businessman was under the ED radar and he would help him evade arrest by the ED, said the agency.