<p>Advocate Nitesh Rana on Saturday resigned as the special public prosecutor of the Enforcement Directorate, citing personal reasons.</p>.<p>As a special public prosecutor since 2015, Rana represented the federal agency in several high-profile cases, including those against former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, Congress leader D K Shivakumar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family, TMC leader Abhishek Banarjee, and Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.</p>.<p>Rana said his office will inform the court about the situation till the time some arrangements are made by the Enforcement Directorate.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-excise-policy-row-accused-pillai-tells-court-ed-forged-his-statements-forced-him-to-sign-them-1199213.html" target="_blank">Delhi excise policy row: Accused Pillai tells court ED forged his statements, forced him to sign them</a></strong></p>.<p>He represented the agency in matters such as the Jammu and Kashmir terror finding case against the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and in cases against terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin.</p>.<p>He also represented the agency in high-profile matters such as the Air India "scam", money laundering cases against Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Bhushan Power and Steel, Ranbaxy-Religare fraud, Sterling Biotech scam and the West Bengal cattle smuggling case.</p>.<p>The <em>Forbes Magazine</em> selected Rana in its "Legal Powerlist of 2020".</p>.<p>Rana, 44, also represented the ED in court in the United Kingdom in money laundering probe-related proceedings.</p>
<p>Advocate Nitesh Rana on Saturday resigned as the special public prosecutor of the Enforcement Directorate, citing personal reasons.</p>.<p>As a special public prosecutor since 2015, Rana represented the federal agency in several high-profile cases, including those against former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, Congress leader D K Shivakumar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family, TMC leader Abhishek Banarjee, and Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.</p>.<p>Rana said his office will inform the court about the situation till the time some arrangements are made by the Enforcement Directorate.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-excise-policy-row-accused-pillai-tells-court-ed-forged-his-statements-forced-him-to-sign-them-1199213.html" target="_blank">Delhi excise policy row: Accused Pillai tells court ED forged his statements, forced him to sign them</a></strong></p>.<p>He represented the agency in matters such as the Jammu and Kashmir terror finding case against the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and in cases against terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin.</p>.<p>He also represented the agency in high-profile matters such as the Air India "scam", money laundering cases against Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Bhushan Power and Steel, Ranbaxy-Religare fraud, Sterling Biotech scam and the West Bengal cattle smuggling case.</p>.<p>The <em>Forbes Magazine</em> selected Rana in its "Legal Powerlist of 2020".</p>.<p>Rana, 44, also represented the ED in court in the United Kingdom in money laundering probe-related proceedings.</p>