An alleged courier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the Mahadev betting app case on Friday submitted earlier than a particular court docket right here that he had been framed up as a part of a conspiracy and he had by no means delivered money to politicians. Asim Das, the alleged money courier, and constable Bhim Singh Yadav had been arrested by the ED on November 3, 4 days earlier than the primary part of the Chhattisgarh meeting elections. The duo had been on Friday produced earlier than Ajay Singh Rajput, a particular decide for Prevention of Cash Laundering Act instances, upon expiry of their judicial remand, Das’s lawyer Shoaib Alvi instructed PTI.
The court docket prolonged their judicial custody for seven days, he added.
Das had written a letter from the jail to the Director of the ED and likewise despatched copies to increased authorities together with the Prime Minister’s Workplace on November 17 stating that he was being implicated within the case and the central investigating company pressured him to signal a press release in English, a language he doesn’t perceive, Alvi mentioned.
He urged the court docket to confess the letter as a part of the case report, the lawyer added.
Das in his letter mentioned he had visited Dubai twice in October this yr after being known as by Shubham Soni, a childhood buddy. The journeys had been organized by Soni, he mentioned.
Soni is without doubt one of the key accused within the case, as per the ED.
“Das within the letter mentioned Soni wished to start out a building enterprise in Chhattisgarh and requested Das to work for him, promising to rearrange cash for the enterprise. On the day he was arrested, Das was requested to select up a automotive parked within the car parking zone of the Raipur airport (after touchdown on the airport) and examine right into a resort on the VIP highway in Raipur. Later he was requested to park on the highway the place an individual put baggage of money within the automotive and left,” Alvi mentioned.
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“I used to be requested over the telephone to return to my resort room and after a while ED officers got here to my room and took me with them,” Das claimed within the letter.
“Later, I noticed that I’m being implicated. I’ve by no means equipped cash or every other help to any political leaders or employees,” mentioned Das.
The ED on November 3 had claimed that forensic evaluation and a press release made by ‘money courier’ Das had led to “startling allegations” that Mahadev betting app promoters had paid about Rs 508 crore to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, and “these are subject material of investigation”.
Das was arrested in Raipur after Rs 5.39 crore in money had been present in his possession, the ED mentioned, including that he had been despatched by the app promoters from the UAE to ship a considerable amount of money for electioneering bills of the ruling Congress Get together.
“Das has admitted that the seized funds had been organized by the Mahadev app promoters to be delivered to at least one politician ‘Baghel’ for upcoming election bills in state of Chhattisgarh,” the company alleged in a press release.
Chief Minister Baghel denied the allegation and accused the BJP of misusing the ED because it anticipated defeat within the elections.
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