ED Attaches PFI Accounts: ED attaches bank accounts of PFI, action in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached Rs 68.62 lakh of money laundering charges belonging to Islamic outfit PFI and its forward organization Rihab India Foundation. The investigating agency has attached 33 bank accounts of these two organizations. ED gave this information by issuing a statement. The amount in these accounts is more than Rs 68 lakh. The order for confiscation of accounts has been given under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Officials said that Rs 59,12,051 lying in 23 accounts of PFI while Rs 9,50,030 have been attached in 10 accounts of Rehab India Foundation. The radical organization PFI was formed in 2006 in Kerala and is headquartered in Delhi.

After the accounts were attached, the PFI issued a statement saying, "As per media reports, it has come to our notice that the ED has temporarily attached our bank accounts. We are investigating these reports and will give a detailed statement on Thursday.

The ED is probing allegations that the PFI provided financial aid to the anti-CAA agitation and the February 2020 Delhi riots. The ED has filed two charge sheets against the PFI and its office bearers.

Alleged Rs 60 crore in PFI accounts in 13 years

ED said, "Investigation has revealed that PFI and RFI received a huge amount of money from dubious sources. These include cash deposits. Since 2009, more than 60 crores have been deposited in the accounts of PFI, in which more than 30 crores have been deposited in cash. Similarly, Rs 58 crore has been deposited in the accounts of Rehab Foundation since 2010.

Money deposited in PFI account by depositing cash in personal accounts

The probe agency alleged that the PFI actively cooperated with other accused to launder money. The agency alleges that to hide the source of the funds, the PFI leaders deposited cash in individual accounts, and that cash was immediately transferred to the PFI accounts.

ED raid on former MD of cooperative bank in misappropriation of ten crores

The ED raided the house of the former Managing Director (MD) of a cooperative bank in Assam and seized some documents. ED officials said on Wednesday that this action was taken against the cooperative bank's MD Subhra Jyoti Bharali and others as part of a money-laundering investigation. The ED team searched Bharali's house and official locations. The ED has started an investigation based on the FIR of Kamrup police alleging that Bharali along with his other senior officers had laundered Rs 9.5 crore. The seized documents include the sale deed of the property purchased in the name of the kin of the accused. Apart from this, details of several bank accounts were also seized.

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