Plagued by fake summons and imposters, the Enforcement Directorate on Monday appealed to the stakeholders to share such instances with the agency for taking action. To overcome such nuisances ED has taken appropriate measures and started following certain practices so that these unscrupulous elements are not able to harass private persons.
“Directorate of Enforcement (ED) shall continue to take impacting action against unscrupulous imposters who attempt to impersonate as ED officers and indulge in making fake correspondences with general public with ulterior motive to extract money,” the agency said in a statement.
The ED further said, “It has come to notice that certain unscrupulous persons have been sending fake communications on behalf of ED to private parties in the form of summons/letters with synonymous or anonymous identity.”
On receipt of complaints of such nature, ED takes swift action by approaching local police authorities and make complaints/FIRs. Such complaints/FIRs have been made by ED at various police stations across India in recent past. In one such case, an accused was identified and arrested for his involvement in sending an email from a fake email-ID synonymous to an ED officer, it said.
To overcome such nuisance, ED has taken appropriate measures and started following certain practices so that these unscrupulous elements are not able to harass private persons, it said.
“ED always stands by its five core values i.e. Integrity, Accountability, Commitment, Excellence and Impartiality,” it said adding the agency seeks close co-operation from all stake holders and appeals them to share such instances immediately with ED without any hesitation.
The agency suggested such information can be shared through Regional Officers at Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata besides the head office here.