Kidney scam: Probe moves to overseas

“This is a fit case where letter of rogatory is required to be issued for judicial assistance … to the competent authorities in Hong Kong and Australia to identify the ill-gotten money earned through unlawful means and for collection of evidence,” Special Judge A K Pathak said.

“I order that Letters of Rogatory be issued to the competent authorities in Hong Kong and Australia through the Ministry of External Affairs,” the Judge, presiding over the designated court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, said.

Letter Rogatory is a formal request on the part of a court seeking assistance from authorities in other countries for collection of evidence in a criminal case.

Counsel for ED Naveen Kumar Matta submitted that the probe has to be carried out in Hong Kong and Australia by examining various persons and collecting documents as it has emerged so far that Dr Amit made investments in these two countries for acquiring assets and his bank accounts have also been traced there.