pmla Ab dismissed judge Tamilselvi for Ed N.Ramesh adv argued
The Hindu Bureauand searched the premises CHENNAI linked to Sadiq. idedMr. Ramesh said the ex01 at The Madras High Court onamination of several pernger Tuesday dismissed a jointsons by the ED revealed their anticipatory bail petitionthat Sadiq had masterri by filed by drug smuggling-ac-minded the drug trade, excused Bezos, alias J. Amee-porting to various coun1ong na Banu, 32, and A. Mo-tries such as Malaysia, to hamed Saleem, 34, — wifeAustralia and New Zealand con- and brother of A. Jaffer Sa-in guise of desiccated cocoe re- diq, who was arrested bynut, soda ash, bangles, the Narcotics Control Bu-floor mats and health mix. of reau (NCB) — fearing arrestSadiq had opened multieged in a money laundering No relief: They had feared arrest in a money laundering case ple bank accounts in the :aste case booked by the Direc- booked by the Directorate of Enforcement. FILE PHOTO name of proxy entities and stu- torate of Enforcement transacted crores of ruansf- (ED). had been busted. market, by concealing it in pees. The money had been on Justice TV. Thamilselvi The NCB had completed the cavities of a cardboard laundered for purchase of ach- refused to grant the relief its investigation and filed a containing bangles. movable and immovable to the petitioners following complaint under the Nar- The Chennai Customs properties in the names of vehement objection raised cotic Drugs and psycho- too had booked a case in his wife and brother, and the by the ED’s special public tropic Substances (NDPS) 2015 for export of 50 kg of invested in movie producprosecutor,
N. Ramesh. Act before a special court pseudoephedrine against tion as well, the SPP told king The SPP accused the two at Patiala House Court in Sada, alias S.G. Sadanan- the court.
petitioners of having mis- New Delhi. Besides this, dan, who belonged to the Pointing out that the only represented the facts of the Sadiq and Saleem (the se- cartel led by Sadiq and was two petitioners were sumcase to mislead the court cond petitioner) were arrested in the 2024 case moned for questioning by inef- for obtaining the relief. He booked in another drug booked by the NCB. the ED, he said they were the said the NC,B had seized 50 case in Mumbai. Since the provisions in- unable to give any plausid be kg of pseudoephedrine in The Special Intelligence voked by the NCB and the ble explanation for the simi- New Delhi on February 15 and Investigation Branch Customs were scheduled cash deposits worth over re- and arrested five suspects, (Export) at the Air Cargo in offences under the Preven- {20-crore made to various was including the first petition- Mumbai had booked the tion of Money Laundering bank accounts. “The only ach- er’s (Banu) husband. Ac- case in 2019 for attempting Act of 2002, the ED had re- conclusion that could be 11ter- cording to the NCB, Sadiq to export 36.687 kg of Keta- gistered an Enforcement drawn is that the drug mowas the mastermind of the mine, worth about {20 Case Information Report ney had been laundered,” entire drug syndicate that crore in the international (ECIR) on March 11, 2024, he said.
Madras HC denies anticipatory bail to Jaffer Sadiq’s wife, brother
