ED raids Trinamool MP’s house, seizes money, documents

NEW DELHI:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said the agency has seized cash of Rs 32 lakh and $10,000 besides incrementing documents and electronic evidence during its raids on Thursday at the “official residence” of TMC Rajya Sabha Member KD Singh in the national capital and other places as part of its probe under PMLA against him and a few others.

Kanwar Deep Singh, TMC MP

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 20

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said the agency has seized cash of Rs 32 lakh and $10,000 besides incrementing documents and electronic evidence during its raids on Thursday at the “official residence” of TMC Rajya Sabha Member KD Singh in the national capital and other places as part of its probe under PMLA against him and a few others.

ED officials said searches were conducted on Thursday at seven locations in Delhi and Chandigarh, including at registered offices of 14 group companies of the Alchemist Group that are “related to and controlled” by the TMC leader.

“During searches, a number of documents reflecting the circular nature of transactions, digital evidences and property documents were seized at the official residence of Kanwar Deep (KD) Singh in Delhi and cash of Rs 32 lakh along with foreign exchange worth $10,000 was found and seized,” the ED said in a statement.

Interestingly, the raids and seizure information against Singh have come at a time when TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in the national capital and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah among others, as part of her outreach programme with the Centre.

Singh resigned from the post of chairman of the Alchemist group in 2012, but he is stated to be the chairman, emeritus and founder of the business group, as the ED said it also searched his house in Chandigarh and also of two directors linked to his companies.

The two cases against Singh, which the ED is probing, are based on an FIR filed by the Kolkata police while the other relates to a charge sheet filed by market regulator SEBI.

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