Money laundering case against conman with ‘connections’

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Sources said the agency has registered a case under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered by UP STF at VIbhutinagar police station in Lucknow..

There is prima facie evidence of Sherpuria having indulged in hawala transactions, receiving unaccounted-for money, and seeking funds for unscrupulous purposes, an ED official said.. Outside Sherpurias office at Golf Course Road, New Delhi..

Sources said the agency has already conducted searches in Varanasi, Ghazipur and Delhi NCR areas in connection with the case.. The ED has been on Sherpurias tail for months, discreetly investigating his antecedents after receiving inputs about his dubious activities from intelligence agencies, sources said..

Since ED cannot register a case of money laundering on its own without a predicate offence being registered by another agency, a reference was sent to UP Police, the official said.. Sources said the ED will take Sherpurias custody in due course...

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