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Enforcement Directorate raids Viva group in connection with PMC bank
Viva group is mainly into real estate, hotel, education, and owns Tab Cab.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 22 raided Jayendra Thakur-owned Viva group, sources told Moneycontrol. The team is reportedly conducting searches in connection with Punjab Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank), sources said.
The Central probe agency had in its January 1 statement said that it has attached assets worth Rs 72 crore of a Maharashtra-based man whose wife s alleged transaction with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s spouse is under its scanner in the over Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank money laundering case.
Enforcement Directorate raids premises linked to Maharashtra MLA in PMC bank fraud case
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Last Updated: Jan 22, 2021, 04:22 PM IST
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According to ED sources, the agency started the searches at three locations linked to Mehul Thakur and two places linked to chartered accountants. Thakur is the owner and director of Viva Homes a part of the Viva group of companies.
An ED source said that the agency had got some links that amounts in crores of Rupees were transferred from the HDIL to the Viva group trust and companies, which is controlled by the family members of Thakur.
: Friday, January 22, 2021, 6:22 PM IST
Maharashtra: ED raids premises of MLA Hitendra Kumar owned Viva group in connection with PMC bank fraud case
Purported fund diversions by the HDIL, an accused company in the case, and by some others to the Viva Group are under the scanner of the agency
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided some premises linked to a Maharashtra MLA in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank fraud case, official sources said.
They said at least five premises linked to Viva Group, promoted by Bahujan Vikas Agadhi (BVA) party chief and MLA Hitendra Thakur, are being searched in the Vasai-Virar area of Palghar district adjoining state capital Mumbai.
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