New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in a special court in Delhi banned A charge sheet has been filed against several office bearers of the organization Popular Front of India (PFI). The charge sheet filed by the ED names the accused members including PFI Delhi President Parvez Ahmed, PFI Delhi General Secretary Mohammad Ilyas and PFI Delhi Office Secretary Abdul Muket. According to the ED, the accused persons have disclosed that they have directly and indirectly been actively involved in fraudulently collecting cash donations on behalf of PFI, unaccounted cash of PFI from dubious sources and claiming and presenting as legitimate assets. Role played.
09 Likely to start hearing on November
The Enforcement Directorate along with Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Naveen Kumar Matta and Advocate Mohd. Faizan Khan Filed charge sheet in Delhi court. According to media reports, section of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by ED r/w and fresh complaint under section 50 r/w section 3 of the PML Act And charge sheet has been filed for commission of offense under section . It will be heard in the court of Special Judge Shailendra Malik on November 21 after the charge sheet. There is a possibility of.
years Funds were being raised secretly from In its chargesheet, the ED has also claimed that the PMLA probe has revealed a criminal conspiracy hatched by PFI office-bearers over the past several years to raise dubious funds from within the country and abroad by PFI and related entities and keep them secret. formally transferred. He told the court that the money was secretly deposited in his bank accounts in India over the years. These funds are raised as a part of the scheduled offense of criminal conspiracy. The funds raised or collected by PFI are thus nothing but the proceeds of crime which they have transferred, deposited and collected through their multiple bank accounts as well as through their members or sympathisers. Thus PFI and its related entities are involved in the continuous crime of money laundering over the years.
Parvez Ahmed charged with criminal conspiracy
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier alleged that Parvez Ahmed 2002 was involved in a criminal conspiracy was part. The ED said that after meeting PFI sympathizers, the statements of the persons who had projected as contributors revealed that these transactions were bogus. Therefore, the cash from questionable sources was nothing but the proceeds of crime arising out of the criminal conspiracy.
Parvez Ahmed during investigation deliberately lied ED further stated that The non-cooperative and evasive attitude of Parvel Ahmed in this case, the statements of the alleged donors and the evidence seized from various places during the searches, along with his deliberate attempts to evade involvement in the investigation, his activities and money laundering activities indicates involvement. It is clear that Parvez Ahmed willfully did not disclose the true facts and the offense under section of PMLA, 8169 during the recording of his statements under u/s knowingly lied and tried to mislead the Investigating Officer.
in PFI account 71 Deposits above crores
ED had earlier stated that PMLA probe against PFI in a case registered at 2002 revealed that PFI and related More than 120 crores have been deposited in the accounts of the institutions over the years and a major portion of this has been deposited in cash. Has gone. According to the ED, he was arrested on July this year in Patna, the capital of Bihar. Inputs were received against PFI for organizing a training camp with the intention of creating disturbance during the visit of Minister Narendra Modi. Further, during the course of investigation the agencies have found details of several bank accounts of PFI.