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Shilpa Shetty’s Husband Raj Summoned in Money Laundering Case

The money laundering case is linked to gangster Iqbal Mirchi.

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Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on 4 November. The summon has been issued in connection with a money laundering issue involving late gangster Iqbal Mirchi. Kundra’s statement will be recorded once he appears before the ED.

Currently Kundra’s dealings with a firm called Bastian Hospitality and a person named Ranjeet Bindra are being investigated.
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Currently Kundra’s dealings with a firm called Bastian Hospitality and a person named Ranjeet Bindra are being investigated. Bindra has been arrested in connection with the case a while back. However, some more details are required for which Kundra is being summoned. Previously, Kundra denied any misconduct or wrongdoing in his dealings and transactions with Bindra or Bastian Hospitality.

According to ANI, former Union Minister Praful Patel had also been summoned earlier by the Enforcement Directorate for being linked to a land deal case in connection with Mirchi.

The ED recently identified that Mirchi collected several ‘benami’ assets.
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Gangster Iqbal Mirchi, who died in 2013, was a close aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim. The ED recently identified that Mirchi collected several benami assets i.e. assets in the name of another person. These assets are spread across India, UAE and the UK. Ranjit Bindra and Haroun Yousuf have been identified as Mirchi’s associates in the act and they were placed in ED custody on 12 October under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)

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Topics:  Shilpa Shetty   Raj Kundra 

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