Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 17: The Enforcement Directorate announced on Saturday that a charge sheet has been filed against alleged cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani in a money laundering investigation connected to a 2015 IPL betting case.
The federal agency detained Jaisinghani in April.
Following the issuance of a non-bailable warrant against him in 2015 by a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed he was “evading” summons and not cooperating in the investigation.
Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha were previously arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly plotting to use private messages to extort money from Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and to bribe and blackmail her into dropping several FIRs against him.
The ED’s case against Jaisinghani is based on a FIR filed by the Vadodara Police in 2015 against several bookies who were allegedly involved in placing bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
“Anil Jaisinghani was involved in cricket betting activities and had accumulated huge sums of money through his fraudulent activities and through the persons connected with Maruti-Ahmedabad, an entity engaged in betting activities,” the ED said.
In Shirdi, Maharashtra, the agency conducted raids at his premises in May and on June 5 it provisionally attach Jaisinghani’s hotel property, which is valued at Rs 3.40 crore.
The agency filed a charge sheet against Jaisinghani on June 6 under money laundering charges and the special PMLA court in Ahmedabad has taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint, it said.
