MUMBAI: In the money laundering case allegedly involving Pune businessman Hasan Ali, the special PMLA court rejected a plea of an accused who sought documents related to correspondence between authorities in India and Singapore on opening of a bank account in there.
Enforcement Directorate alleged that the account was involved in laundering Rs 35,000 crore. The documents were not part of a chargesheet and accused Vishwanathan Venugopal wanted the court to direct ED to produce them. ED argued that the investigation still on, and may file another chargesheet in the 11-year-old case, where money laundering took place 23 years back. "Whatever record and documents with the complaint will decide fate of discharge application," the court said and directed the accused to proceed with the discharge plea quickly.
