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New Delhi:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday opened an inquiry into money-laundering charges brought against its officer Ankit Tiwari by the Tamil Nadu police...
The central agency has registered an Enforcement Complaint Information Report (ECIR) against Tiwari, who was jailed in the southern state on 1 December after allegedlybeing caughtred-handed accepting a bribe from a government employee in Dindigul...
Tiwari and his team had allegedly demanded bribes from several individuals to close their ED-related cases..
Meanwhile, the Madurai police has filed another case against ED officers for allegedly obstructing DVAC officers from searching Tiwaris office...
In response, ED Assistant Director (Madurai sub-zonal office) Brijesh Beniwal filed a complaint with Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal on 4 December, calling the raid illegal..
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