Bollywood actor Armaan Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged money laundering case on Wednesday (February 17). The law enforcement agency had summoned Jain several times but he didn't show up. The ED issued a fresh summon to the actor after he failed to appear before the officials for investigation in the money laundering case last week.
According to a report in IANS, the agency had carried out searches at Armaan Jain's house in Mumbai on February 9 as part of its probe into the alleged money laundering case involving Topsgrup.The ED conducted searches on the same day Jain's uncle Rajiv Kapoor died. It allowed Armaan and his mother Reema Jain to attend the last rites after conducting the searches.
ED sources told the news agency that the search was conducted after it found some chats shared between Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik's son Vihang and Armaan Jain. The agency had carried our searches at the MLA and his son's house in November 2020. The ED also summoned Pratap Sarnaik to appear before the officials.
A complaint was filed against TopsGrup, a leading security services provider in Mumbai in October 2020. An official from the same group had alleged that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority was siphoned off Rs 175 crore.
Armaan Jain is the grandson of veteran actor Raj Kapoor. Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karisma Kapoor are his cousins. He was seen in the film 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil', which released in 2014. The movie co-starring Deeksha Seth failed to receive a good response from the audience.
The ED arrested Pratap Sarnaik's close aide, Ami Chandole as part of its investigation in the case. It also quizzed Sarnaik's brother-in-law Yogesh Chandegala in the case.