ED files chargesheet in red sanders smuggling case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) before PMLA Special Court Jaipur against accused persons Anil Gadodia of Delhi, Rameshwar Sharma, proprietor of Eurro Export, Jaipur, Yodying, Thai national and Mayur Ranjan in the case of smuggling of red sanders.

The ED has provisionally attached movable / immovable assets worth Rs 1.44 crore belonging to the accused persons.  “Money laundering investigation revealed that Ramehswar Sharma of Jaipur exported / attempted to export the red sanders supplied by Anil Gadodia of Delhi in connivance with other co-accused persons. Yodying, a permanent citizen of Thailand was acting at the behest of foreign persons who were purchasing red sanders while Mayur Ranjan who was fluent in Chinese Language was acting as a translator and was assisting the other accused persons,”the ED said in a statement.

The DRI had recovered and seized four of such containers from Mundra Port which were to be exported to Hong Kong in guise of Marble Slabs wherein 14.25 Metric Ton of Red Sander Woods were found stuffed and concealed with around 94 Metric Tons of Marble Slabs.

Meanwhile, in another case of money laundering from Jaipur, the ED has attached assets worth `57.30 lakh of Bhoor Singh Rajpurohit and others in Barmer Crude Oil Theft case.

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