Buoyed by a Jharkhand High Court order in a case, the Enforcement Directorate is set to file a chargesheet against DMK leader Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja for alleged money laundering charges in the 2G telecom spectrum case.
The agency is understood to have found evidence with regard to the channelling of Rs 200 crore to the DMK family-run Kalaignar TV through a circuitous route and has relied on a 2010 Jharkhand High Court order to slap the charge of “criminal proceeds” against the accused, including the duo, under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMlA).
The court order, relating to Hari Narain Roy vs Union of India, had stated that any money laundering related offence prior to the date of amendment of PMlA can be prosecuted under the said Act.
This particular deal of Rs 200 crore pertains to a period before 2009. The court order, according to top sources in Revenue department, has “made it clear and straight” for law enforcement agencies like ED to prosecute any act leading to laundering even if they were committed before June 2009 when PMlA was amended and sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of IPC were included as scheduled offences for invoking the stringent PMlA and nailing the accused for money laundering charges.