NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a chargesheet filed by
Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a
money laundering case
related to
northeast riots
against former AAP councillor
Tahir Hussain.
Additional sessions judge
Amitabh Rawat
said, "There is prima facie sufficient incriminating material about the involvement of the accused persons. Thus, cognisance of the offence under Section 3 read with Section 70, punishable under Section 4 of PMLA, 2002 is taken against accused Tahir Hussain and Amit Gupta."
The legal provisions, dealing with "money laundering" and "offences by companies" applied in the chargesheet, filed through special public prosecutor NK Matta, are of Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act.
ED informed the court that investigation in the case was ongoing and a supplementary complaint could be filed later. "ED may proceed with further investigation, as per law," directed the court.
It is alleged that Hussain carried out money laundering and other "fraudulent" acts of cheating, forgery as part of a criminal conspiracy.
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