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Rs 18,000 Crore Returned To Banks From Fugitive Tycoons: Centre

New Delhi, Feb 24: An amount of ₹ 18,000 crore has been returned to banks from fugitive tycoons Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, the government has told the Supreme Court, which is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the wide scope of powers given to the Enforcement Directorate in connection to money laundering cases.

In India, 4,700 PMLA cases are being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate and the total proceeds of crimes pending before the court amounts to ₹ 67,000 crore, the Centre said.

Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta cited the figures to reflect how a large sum of money is still stuck and not crossing recovery stage due to the protection being granted by courts.

“Some of the people who have left the country duping thousands of crores are getting protection of the courts.So far, a tune of ₹ 67000 crores is held up by the Courts by granting non-coercive actions,” he said.

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