A chargesheet was filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in a Delhi court against the sacked AAP Councilor Tahir Hussain. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat took cognisance of the offences under section 3 (money laundering) read with section 70 (offences by companies) punishable under section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 against Hussain and co-accused Amit Gupta. ED in its chargesheet said that investigation in the case was in progress and a supplementary complaint may be filed later, reported Zeenews. The ED also alleged that Hussain had entered into a criminal conspiracy by fraudulently transferring money from the accounts of many companies. Senior advocate K K Manan and advocate Rizwan, appearing for Hussain, had claimed that he was a victim of circumstances and was falsely implicated in the case.

Source: dna October 17, 2020 15:51 UTC