ED books Talwar aide Yasmeen in aviation deal case

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s aide Yasmeen Kapoor for allegedly assisting him in laundering money in the aviation deal case, two officials familiar with the developments said.

One of the officials cited above said they had established laundering worth ~144 crore in the latest charge sheet. The court has posted the matter for scrutiny on January 7, 2020. Special public prosecutor Naveen Kumar Matta and AR Aditya appeared on behalf of the agency.

Kapoor is accused in a money laundering case pertaining to negotiations that allegedly favoured foreign private airlines and allegedly caused loss to state-owned Air India. Earlier, the court cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to Kapoor after the ED accused her of misusing the relief granted to her. Kapoor was granted anticipatory bail by the court on March 22 while Talwar is in the judicial custody.

Earlier, in April, the ED had filed the main charge sheet in the case against Talwar and his son Aditya. Talwar was deported from Dubai in January after which he was arrested by the ED while the CBI took him in custody on July 26. He is currently in judicial custody.