ED charges TMC chief Mahua Moitra with money laundering.Mahua Moitra, the leader of the Trinamool Congress, was charged with money laundering on Tuesday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of the cash-for-query investigation.Based on a formal complaint (FIR) that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted against the TMC lawmaker who was expelled, a case has been initiated. Days after the 49-year-old politician ignored the agency’s summons to come in for questioning at its Delhi office, the ED took action.
Days after anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal ordered the federal agency to look into the accusations made against her by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, the CBI raided her home in relation to the cash-for-query issue.Moitra was kicked out of the Lok Sabha last year. The TMC has nominated him again from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat. She was found guilty of exchanging her Parliament login credentials for money and gifts from Hiranandani.
In opposition to Adani Group, the industrialist posted queries on her behalf. First raised by lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai, the complaint was later sent to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.