Court summons Gayatri Prajapati in money laundering DA case
The Hindu
ED has been probing the former legislator on money laundering charges in a case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets.
A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here has issued summons to former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Gayatri Prajapati to face trial in a money laundering case linked to possession of alleging that he was the "ultimate beneficiary" of assets acquired out of the proceeds of crime. In an order issued on Monday by the special PMLA court of sessions judge Sarvesh Kumar, Prajapati has been asked to depose before it on October 4. The zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a charge sheet, also called the prosecution complaint under various sections of the PMLA, against Prajapati and others in April.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.