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ED to question Tapuriah in money laundering case
A special court granted permission to the ED to question Kashinath Tapuriah in his custody for two days.
Mumbai: A special court on Tuesday granted
permission to the Enforcement Directorate to question
Kashinath Tapuriah, the Kolkata-based businessman and alleged
aide of stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, in his custody for two
days.
"We will now question Tapuriah on Wednesday and Thursday in connection with certain transactions," said an ED officer after the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court`s direction.
The ED`s contention is that Khan and Tapuriah stashed billions of dollars in foreign banks, a large chunk of which was obtained by Khan through the sale of weapons to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. Tapuriah had also allegedly helped Khan in getting some contracts for supply of scrap to some top steel companies for the latter`s scrap trading business.
Khan is facing charges of stashing away billions of dollars in the foreign banks with the help of his associate Tapuriah. He is also facing close to Rs 70,000 crore tax demand notice from the Income Tax department.
PTI
"We will now question Tapuriah on Wednesday and Thursday in connection with certain transactions," said an ED officer after the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court`s direction.
The ED`s contention is that Khan and Tapuriah stashed billions of dollars in foreign banks, a large chunk of which was obtained by Khan through the sale of weapons to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. Tapuriah had also allegedly helped Khan in getting some contracts for supply of scrap to some top steel companies for the latter`s scrap trading business.
Khan is facing charges of stashing away billions of dollars in the foreign banks with the help of his associate Tapuriah. He is also facing close to Rs 70,000 crore tax demand notice from the Income Tax department.
PTI