TMC MP KD Singh arrested in money laundering case
New
Delhi,
Jan
13:
The
Enforcement
Directorate
has
arrested
former
TMC
MP
K
D
Singh
in
a
money
laundering
case,
official
sources
said
on
Wednesday.
They
said
Singh
has
been
placed
under
arrest
under
sections
of
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act
(PMLA).
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) party is led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Singh is stated to be not involved in the party affairs for quite some time.
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The central probe agency had carried out searches at the premises of Singh and those linked to him in September, 2019 in connection with two PMLA cases.
Singh has been the chairman of the Alchemist group and while he resigned from the post in 2012, he is stated to be the Chairman, Emeritus and founder of the business group.
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