What Shilpa Shetty's Husband Raj Kundra Said On Being Asked If He Met Iqbal Mirchi
Sources Said Kundra Was Grilled For Nearly 10 Hours By The ED.
Businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering probe against late gangster Iqbal Mirchi and others, officials said. Sources said Kundra was grilled for nearly 10 hours by the ED.
On being asked by reporters if he had ever met Iqbal Mirchi, Kundra said: "Never, never. We supported authorities and have given whatever they needed.
Kundra arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in Mumbai in Ballard Pier area at about 11 am.
He was asked by the agency to appear on November 4 but it is understood that he sought an early date to depose owing to some engagement at that time.
The proceedings in the case was conducted under the criminal provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The central probe agency is looking at Kundra's purported dealings with Ranjeet Bindra and a firm called Bastian Hospitality in connection with this case.
Some business dealings between the two need detailed information and hence the summons, they said.
Bindra has been arrested by the agency in this case sometime back. Kundra has earlier denied any wrongdoing in these business dealings. The businessman has similarly been grilled by the agency last year in connection with a bitcoin scam case.
Mirchi, who died in 2013 in London, was alleged to be the right hand man of global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in drug trafficking and extortion crimes.
The ED has filed a criminal case against Mirchi, his family and others to probe money laundering charges for alleged illegal dealings in purchase and sale of costly real estate assets in Mumbai.
The PMLA case is based on multiple Mumbai Police FIRs and the ED has conducted multiple raids in this case over the last few months.
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