Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that they have filed a prosecution complaint against the ICORE Group of companies and others before a special PMLA court in Kolkata.ED has also requested the court to confiscate of several properties .
Investigators, looking into the money-laundering aspect of the Ponzi firms, are trying to know the reason behind the presence of the two ministers at the iCore sponsored programme. Bhuniya had later claimed that as people’s representatives, politicians have to attend many programmes and that mere presence at an event did not prove any criminality.
“I’ve been an honest person all along. I can’t comment on anything as long as I see the notice, ” Chatterjee said.
TMC MP Saugata Roy said: “The two allies of BJP (CBI and ED) are being used at the whims of Centre. It is a ploy before the assembly polls. They are trying to malign the image of the party.”