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A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday framed criminal charges against Saket Gokhale, Rajya Sabha MP and national spokespersons of Trinamool Congress, in connection to a case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The money laundering case stems from a Gujarat Police FIR lodged in connection with alleged misuse of money Gokhale had collected through crowd-funding while he portrayed himself as an Right to Information Act activist and social worker.
In a statement, the ED said a chargesheet was filed against the 31-year-old MP under the anti-money laundering law and he was arrested on January 25, 2023. “Charges against him for the scheduled offence in the police case (Gujarat Police) had also been framed,” it added.
Earlier, the special court had rejected the application filed by Gokhale under Section 309 of the CrPC for keeping the proceedings under PMLA in abeyance till the case of scheduled offence registered against him is decided by the court, the ED said.
According to ED, the crowd-funded amount was allegedly utilised for Gokhale’s personal expenses, such as intra-day trading in shares, payment of his credit card dues, shopping through online apps such as Paytm, Swiggy and Zomato, crypto currency trading and other miscellaneous activities. Gokhale had denied that he misused the funds.
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