ED GRILLS, SEEKS CHARMEE BANK TRANSACTIONS

Tollywood actress Charmee Kaur appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of the ongoing investigation of a money laundering case booked based on the 2017 drug scandal in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Charmee Kaur is the second person from the Telugu film fraternity to be questioned after director Puri Jagannadh. The ED officials reportedly asked her to submit all financial transactions for her various bank accounts to initiate the fund trail investigation. After the completion of questioning, Charmme Kaur said, “I have submitted the documents asked by the ED officials. We are ready to extend full cooperation as per the law.”

The ED is looking deeply into these transactions to find out if there are any discrepancies like unaccounted funds transfer or any other money transfer to the kingpin of the drug racket Calvin Mascarenhas.

Kaur reached the Shankar Bhavan complex where the ED office is situated at around

10.30 am on Thursday and left the premises at

7.30 pm.

During the interrogation, he is said to have furnished crucial information about the transactions besides explaining how he was not responsible for the misdeeds. According to him, the board of directors took decisions as per law and authorised Parthasarathy to carry out the board’s decisions. “He put the blame squarely on Parthasarathy,” sources added. When contacted, joint city police commissioner Avinash Mohanty said the police had been probing the roles and responsibilities of the top management including Yugandhar and would take further action.

The police also summoned independent directors Jyothi Prasad and B. D. Narang, who earlier headed the Global Trust Bank, and recorded their statements. Speaking to this correspondent from New Delhi, Narang said the board of directors took decisions as per law and was hopeful that the interests of the common investor were protected. The 75-year-old financial expert said he would extend all support to the investigating agencies.