The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a fresh case against Unitac Builders managing director Santhosh Eapen for alleged money laundering in the Wadakkancherry LIFE Mission project. According
Santhosh Eapen arrested, released on bail
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Action in case relating to smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore
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Action in case relating to smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore
Santhosh Eapen, the managing director of Unitac Builder, was arrested by the Customs Preventive Commissionerate on Tuesday and released on bail the same day.
The arrest was recorded in the case related to the smuggling of dollars worth ₹1.30 crore.
In a remand report, which was filed in the Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, the Customs submitted that Mr. Eapen had information that the money he gave as commission for obtaining the contract of the LIFE Mission projects at Wadakancherry, was illegally converted into foreign exchange and smuggled abroad.
Unitac chief Santhosh Eapen arrested in Kerala dollar smuggling case, granted bail
The case pertains to the smuggling of dollars from the country by Egyptian national and ex-finance head of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram Khaled Al Shoukary
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KOCHI: The Customs on Tuesday arrested Santhosh Eapen, the managing director of Unitac Builders, in connection with the dollar smuggling case. Unitac was entrusted with the construction of Life Mission flats for the homeless in Thrissur district.
Eapen is the fifth accused in the case which is being probed by the Customs. The case pertains to the smuggling of dollars from the country by Egyptian national and ex-finance head of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram Khaled Al Shoukary.
The controversial Life Mission housing project that shook the Pinarayi Vijayan government, on Tuesday took a new turn when the Customs department arrested Santhosh Eapen, whose company - Unitac Builders - was entrusted with the construction of .