New Delhi: The enforcement directorate has summoned Secretary AAP Pankaj Gupta on September 22 in his office here in connection with the receipt of $ 119,000, alleged collections made in the US during an event.
The details of cash transactions were revealed from the digital documents and evidence confiscated during the Sukhpal Singh Khaira raid, former Punjab AAP MLA and the defendant in the case of money laundering associated with fake passports and international drug trafficking.
According to sources, Khaira in his statement has told officers on the investigation that $ 119,000 was collected by AAP officials during an event in the US and in cash receipts that only those who could provide further information if this had been taken into account in their books.
When the document confiscated in Khaira’s premise revealed the receipt of large cash in the US, he was faced with details.
He, however, said the collection was contributed to party funds and he did not have other details about how they were collected and who donors.
On March 9 this year, ED officials conducted a search throughout Punjab and Delhi, which included the place of Sukhpal Singh Khaira and his son-in-law.
The money route was being investigated by Ed revealing Khaira’s relationship with one of the syndicate kingpins, based in the UK, operating Indian-sir network with the help of several politicians from Punjab.
Khaira has repeatedly asked in connection with its relationship with drug cartel members accused of smuggling drug smuggling Fazilka.
After the search, ED officials have claimed that “burdensome documents and digital devices seized reveal the involvement of several famous people with drugs and human trafficking syndicates”.