A special PMLA court in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Tuesday framed criminal charges against Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and leader Saket Gokhale under the anti-money laundering law.
Taking to X (formally known as Twitter), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said, “The Hon’ble Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) and Designated Special Court (PMLA), Ahmedabad, today i.e. 13.08.2024 framed the Criminal Charges against Saket Gokhale, M.P., Rajya Sabha and National Spokespersons of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in Prosecution Complaint filed by ED. Charges against him for Scheduled offence in Police case had also been framed.”
According to the ED, Gokhale’s application under Section 309 of the CrPC to suspend the PMLA, 2002 proceedings till the court decided the scheduled offence case against him was also denied by the special court.
In December 2022, Saket Gokhale was arrested by the state police in Delhi on charges of misuse of money obtained through crowdfunding.
Huge sums of money that Gokhale raised through crowdfunding “have been squandered on speculative share trading, dining, and other personal expenses, which appear to be extravagant in nature,” the ED told the court. Gokhale, nevertheless, refuted any misuse of the funds.
In May of last year, Gokhale was granted regular bail by a special court in connection with a money laundering case involving alleged anomalies.
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