New Delhi: Cousin of Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan, Armaan Jain has again been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case. The investigating agency had earlier asked him to appear before them on several occasions but the actor did not show up.
Now, according to the latest report, the ED has once again summoned Armaan Jain and have asked the actor to appear before them tomorrow. A report in ANI reads, “Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Armaan Jain in an alleged money laundering case, asking him to appear before them tomorrow. ED had asked him to appear before them on earlier occasions too but he didn't come.”
Armaan was earlier summoned by the Enforcement Directorate and was asked to appear before the, on Friday, but he failed to do so. An ED official earlier told IANS, “Armaan Jain was supposed to appear before the agency today. But he did not appear. We will issue a fresh summon soon.”
According to a report of IANS, the grandson of Raj Kapoor, Armaan Jain had sent a summon to the actor on Thursday (February 11, 2021) to appear before ED on Friday (February 12, 2021). The report further added that the agency had earlier carried out searches at the ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ actor’s residence on Tuesday (February 9, 2021). On this particular day, Armaan’s uncle Rajiv Kapoor passed away and only after conducting searches, the actor and his mother Reema Jain was allowed to attend the funeral.
A source revealed to IANS that, Armaan was summoned by the investigating agency based on some chats shared between him and Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik’s son, Vihang. The ED also carried out searches in the Shiv Sena MLA’s premises in November and asked the latter to appear before them.
The money laundering case is in connection to leading security provider TopsGrup reportedly and the complaint was lodged last year in the month of October. The company has been reportedly alleged of siphoning Rs 175 crore from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
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(With inputs from IANS).