New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate or ED has summoned Delhi-based lawyer Rohit Tandon from whose office authorities had found nearly Rs 14 crore in cash earlier this month, including over Rs 2 crore in the brand new 2,000-rupee notes.
The ED was asked by a Delhi court yesterday why they have not yet arrested Mr Tandon even though they have arrested Kolkata-based businessman Parasmal Lodha - who allegedly helped the Delhi lawyer convert Rs 2.62 crore of old notes to new ones.
Mr Lodha has been taken into custody by the ED for allegedly working as an agent for Mr Tandon and Tamil Nadu businessman J Sekhar Reddy.
Mr Tandon was not present when his office was raided. He reportedly saw and tracked the raid on CCTV camera on his phone at a remote location.
There have been almost daily cash hauls during raids in the past few weeks, amid a massive cash crunch after the government banned Rs 500 and 1,000 notes on November 8 to combat corruption and tax evasion. It wiped out 86 per cent of the money in circulation.
The ED was asked by a Delhi court yesterday why they have not yet arrested Mr Tandon even though they have arrested Kolkata-based businessman Parasmal Lodha - who allegedly helped the Delhi lawyer convert Rs 2.62 crore of old notes to new ones.
Mr Lodha has been taken into custody by the ED for allegedly working as an agent for Mr Tandon and Tamil Nadu businessman J Sekhar Reddy.
Mr Tandon was not present when his office was raided. He reportedly saw and tracked the raid on CCTV camera on his phone at a remote location.
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There have been almost daily cash hauls during raids in the past few weeks, amid a massive cash crunch after the government banned Rs 500 and 1,000 notes on November 8 to combat corruption and tax evasion. It wiped out 86 per cent of the money in circulation.
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