The Enforcement Directorate (ED) stated Friday that it launched a money laundering case concerning a recent narcotics bust in Delhi and conducted searches in Delhi, Mumbai, and Gurgaon. On October 1, the Delhi Police Special Cell confiscated more than 560 kilograms of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana valued at Rs 5,620 crore from a godown in Mahipalpur. Seven persons have been apprehended so far. recovered,” a spokeswoman for the ED reported.
The agency took note of the police FIR filed against the accused Tushar Goel, Himanshu Kumar, Aurangzeb Siddiqui, and Bharat Kumar, and used sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to conduct its investigation. The agency said it raided Goel and his wife’s homes in Vasant Enclave and Rajouri Garden. Himanshu’s residence in Prem Nagar, Delhi, and Bharat’s in Nalasopara, Mumbai, were also searched, according to the report.”Business premises of Tushar Books Publication Private Limited and Tulip Publications Private Limited in Jhandewalan, as well as ABN Buildtech Private Limited in Gurgaon, were raided.” According to the spokesperson, Goel and his family own and operate these enterprises.
The main culprit, Tushar alias Dikki, had kept the above-mentioned narcotics at his family’s godown in Mahipalpur. He had traveled to Dubai and Thailand in June and met with other partners to organize the movement and distribution of narcotic narcotics, according to the ED. According to agency sources, the ED will examine the accused and seize their assets once the proceeds of crime in this money laundering case have been determined.