In further trouble, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, who is accused in the killing of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, and Popular Front of India (PFI) among others on charges of money laundering and funding of communal riots in north-east Delhi.
Officials said the agency has filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The PFI is already facing another investigation by the ED for allegedly fuelling protests by pumping in Rs 120 crore against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in various parts of the country, a charge the organisation has denied.
Hussain is presently in Delhi Police custody in connection with Ankit Sharma case. Officials said the ED will be soon seeking Hussain's custody to question him in the case.
The ED action came after taking cognizance FIRs filed by Delhi Police's Crime Branch against Hussain, PFI and others.
The last month's riots in north-east Delhi has claimed over 50 lives and injured around 300 people.
(Published 11 March 2020, 07:14 IST)
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