Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said: “Modi government purchased crude oil worth Rs 5,701.83 crore from Sandesara group. In September 2020, a special court declared Nitin Sandesara, Chetan Sandesara, his wife Dipti and one Hiteshkumar Narendrabhai Patel fugitive economic offenders, on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Instead of central agencies going after them, they seem to be rolling a red carpet for the Sandesaras. PSUs like HPCL, BPCL and IOCL have been actively purchasing oil from SEEPCO. So far, no vessels of SEEPCO have been seized.”Vallabh said the expose of Pandora papers had revealed that the Sandesara brothers formed six offshore firms to increase oil trade with India.

Source: The Telegraph October 11, 2021 19:55 UTC