Enforcement Directorate grills Rajasthan CM’s brother in PMLA case

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 27

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s elder brother Agrasain Gehlot today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record his statement under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA) as part of a probe against him in connection with alleged irregularities in fertiliser export.

Sources said Agrasain, accompanied by a lawyer, appeared before the ED at 11.30 am. He had earlier been questioned in this case. He had also approached a court seeking relief from “coercive action” by the ED.

The sources said the Rajasthan HC recently asked him to cooperate with the agency in the investigation as it directed the ED not to take any coercive action against him.

Azam Khan questioned in jail

• The ED on Monday questioned SP leader Azam Khan in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur Jail, where he is currently lodged, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a case linked to the funding of his Jauhar University in Rampur. The varsity is alleged to have received foreign funds.
• Sources confirmed that the SP leader was grilled by the ED investigators and that action came after a PMLA court permitted the agency to question Azam Khan.