HYDERABAD: Enforcement Directorate has issued an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the Poachgate case in which it was alleged that BJP leaders had tried to lure four BRS MLAs.
ED Hyderabad unit registered the ECIR under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on an FIR filed by the special investigation team o state police against accused - K Nanda Kumar, Ramachandra Bharathi, Dr Jaggu Swamy, Simhayaji Swamy, BL Santhosh and others.
Interestingly, there was no cash seizure in the case and there were no established crime proceeds so far. Advocate G Ashok Reddy said in the Poachgate case, there was no generation of crime proceeds. "Section 2(1)(u) of PMLA clearly defines the crime proceeds. It is not a fit case to be taken for investigation by ED unless there is generation of crime proceeds. There is no laundering of money though it was claimed that Rs 100 crore was offered to the BRS MLAs," he told TOI.
ED questioned the complainant in the Poachgate case, BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy on his financial transactions and sought his income tax returns. Rohith Reddy on Wednesday met chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan and briefed him about the case details.
"I am the complainant in the Poachgate case. I don't know why ED is grilling me and asking me about financial details. They asked about my business details and also of my family's," he said. Rohith Reddy claimed that there was no case against him for alleged links to gutka trade or Karnataka drugs case.
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