 "2G case: Kanimozhi, Raja likely to be chargesheeted soon by ED")
The Enforcement Directorate isexpected to soon file a charge sheet against DMK leaderKanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja for alleged moneylaundering in the 2G spectrum case.The Attorney General’s office has vetted and sent backthe agency’s charge sheet in this regard to the Law Ministryrecently for further action.
[caption id=“attachment_1297521” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Former telecom minister A Raja.[/caption]
The ED had asked for a legal vetting of the charge sheetby country’s top law officer Ghoolam E Vahanvati through theDepartment of Revenue early last year.
Official sources said the Attorney General perused hecharge sheet and sent it back to the Law Ministry. The ED isexpected to soon follow the set procedure and file the chargesheet in the case.
The opinion on the charge sheet included that ofSolicitor General Mohan Parasaran who has cleared it for beingplaced before the competent court trying the 2G case.The legal opinion to file a charge sheet in this case,sources said, is reinforced by a 2010 Jharkhand High Courtorder which validates application of the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act in cases prior to its amendment in 2009.The agency claimed to have found evidence with regard tothe channelling of Rs 200 crore to the DMK family-runKalaignar TV through a circuitous route and relying on theJharkhand High Court order it has decided to slap the chargeof “criminal proceeds” against the accused, including the duo,under the PMLA.
The High Court order, relating to Hari Narain Roy vsUnion of India, had stated that any money laundering relatedoffences prior to the date of amendment of PMLA can beprosecuted under the said Act.This particular deal of Rs 200 crore pertains to January2008.
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