ED deserves to be elevated to separate ministry: Chidambaram waxes sarcastic on Rajasthan

Mocking  Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its raids in Rajasthan, senior Congress leer P Chidambaram has said that y deserve to be elevated to a separate ministry in Raisina Hill. Taking to Twitter, he asked if owner of Hotel Fairmont - where Ashok Gehlot's MLAs are holed up - why have ncies t launched any raid on ITC Manesar in Haryana where Sachin Pilot and his MLAs are staying? He also questioned investigation by ED, ding "Who else but astute ED can discover a money-laundering scam in 2007, presumably after 13 years of diligent investigation?"

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ED raids amid Rajasthan political crisis

ED has conducted raids at Hotel Fairmont and interrogated  employees after Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot's partner Ravi Kant Sharma was brought under ncies' scanner. Sources say that Sharma holds a stake in Hotel Fairmont.  Enforcement Directorate has maintained that re is connection with ongoing I-T searches at several places in state. 

 Income Tax Department on July 13 also conducted raids at houses of Congress leers Dharmendra Rathore and Rajeev Arora, both considered to be close aides of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, including via his son. According to sources, Income Tax is said to carry out raids at 18 places on a complaint of tax evasion in Rajasthan and Delhi, with merchant groups on its rar.

Congress leer Rajeev Arora who is a jewellery firm owner is specifically under scanner. It is said that IT Department is conducting raids based on inputs it has received regarding movement of large amounts of money along with some overseas transactions. According to sources, case is related to un-declaration of income and stock with Rajiv Arora's Amrapali office is being analysed.  Both were allegedly managing finances of political crisis in state. 

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