Aide of ex-DMK minister's son gets 7-year jail term in money laundering case

ED found that Ali was part of the gang operating with complete anonymity and was involved in sending the proceeds of crime under the guise of permissible merchandise imports, without making corresponding imports into the Domestic Tariff Area, by using the forged import documents as genuine. 

A Chennai court on Wednesday convicted K Liakath Ali, an importer and an alleged close aide of late DMK minister KC Mani’s son Mani Anbazhagan, and sent him to jail for seven years in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on Ali. If he fails to pay the fine, he will have to undergo one-year imprisonment.