Gurugram’s Ambience Mall owner Raj Singh Gehlot has been arrested by the ED in a case of fraud of Rs 200 crore. Earlier, CBI and ED raided his premises.
Gurugram-based Ambience Mall owner Raj Singh Gehlot has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Money Laundering Act in connection with a fraud of Rs 200 crore. Earlier, CBI and ED had raided Gehlot’s premises.
Raj Singh Gehlot is also accused that he had built the Abbey Mall residential plot in Gurugram by bypassing all the rules and regulations. According to a top ED official, the money laundering case against Gehlot was registered on the basis of the CBI FIR. The CBI had registered this case on the instructions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
There is an allegation of fraud of Rs 200 crore
The High Court had given this order during the hearing of a PIL, in which it was said that all the rules and regulations have been made on the land allotted for the group housing project. In this the name of Abyss Mall was also included. According to the ED official, Gehlot is accused of defrauding banks of Rs 200 crore, which is being investigated.
Money laundering
According to the ED official, during the initial investigation of the case, it was found that the work for which the loan was taken was not done. Also, the loan money was illegally sent from one place to another. It is also alleged that money laundering of this money was done. After registering this case, the ED had raided several places of Gehlot from where it was claimed to have recovered lakhs of rupees in cash and foreign currency worth lakhs of rupees.
After investigation, now ED arrested Raj Singh Gehlot. He will be produced in the special ED court today and the ED will seek his remand from the court for questioning.
