File image of former DPIIT secretary Ramesh Abhishek, whose premises have been raided by the Enforcement Directorate
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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided the premises of retired IAS officer and former Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Ramesh Abhishek as a part of a disproportionate belongings linked cash laundering probe in opposition to him, official sources mentioned.
The ED case stems from a latest CBI FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in opposition to the 1982-batch officer. He was raided by the CBI in February.
Mr. Abhishek retired in 2019 from the DPIIT (erstwhile Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion).
The ED is looking the premises of Mr. Abhishek as a part of a cash laundering investigation, the sources mentioned.
The CBI had alleged in its FIR that Mr. Abhishek enriched himself “illicitly” after retirement by receiving “huge amounts” as session charge from personal corporations whose issues he had dealt whereas in service.
The CBI and ED have additionally booked his daughter Vanessa.
The retired officer additionally held the submit of chairman, Forward Markets Commission, and the CBI case was booked in opposition to him on a reference from anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.
The Lokpal has alleged that the father-daughter duo acquired huge quantities as skilled charge from numerous entities and organisations with whom the previous IAS officer had official dealings because the secretary or the chairman.
