Divyesh Singh | Virendrasingh Ghunawat | Edited by Pranav Dixit
Mumbai, January 1, 2018 | UPDATED 17:54 IST
Mansukh Sanghvi, father of Jigar Sanghvi, one of the partners of 1 Above pub, is absconding along with two other partners, is himself a prime suspect in the biggest hawala scam of India.
Aftermath of the fire that engulfed the building (Image: AP)Mansukh Sanghvi, father of Jigar Sanghvi, one of the partners of 1 Above pub, is absconding along with two other partners, is himself a prime suspect in the biggest hawala scam of India.
Mansukh Sanghvi had played a minor role in Rs 5400 crore hawala scam which is being investigated by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Ahmedabad since last three years.
India Today has an exclusive copy of the supplementary chargesheet of hawala scam, where in the statement of one prime accused, name of Mansukh Sanghvi has cropped for helping in recruiting bogus directors of shell companies, which benefitted hawala scamster Afroz Fatta.
In the supplementary chargesheet, out of 79 accused in hawala scam, Madanlal Jain, who was arrested by Surat Police and later by ED under Section 19 of PMLA, 2002, referred about Mansukh Sanghvi.
JAIN'S STATEMENT TO ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE (ED)
"Alongwith Mansukh Sanghvi, he had made different directors in the above cited shell companies which were created by him and lent the same for import and export of diamonds to Afroz HasanFatta," Jain said.
"These companies were R A Distributors Ltd, Hem Jewels Pvt Ltd, Riddhi Exim Pvt Ltd, Maa Mumbadevi Gems Pvt Ltd and M B Offshore Distributors Pvt Ltd along with Nayan Exim Pvt Ltd in the year 2009," he added.
As reported in July 2015, the special PMLA court in Ahmedabad had issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Mansukh Sanghvi and one more businessmen from Surat called Dulraj Jain.
According to ED, Sanghvi and Jain were allegedly helping kingpins like Afroz Fatta and Madan Lal Jain in carrying out hawala transactions through its firms in Dubai and Hong Kong.
ED alleged that Sanghvi was transferring money for several hawala operators based in Dubai through his establishments in Dubai, managed by his son Ankit Sanghvi.
In 2015, ED had conducted searches on residences and offices of Sanghvi in Mumbai and other cities.
When Sanghvi had failed to appear on several summons by ED, NBW was issued.
Sources said, from the day of issuing NBW against Mansukh, he is absconding and hiding in Singapore with his son, Ankit Sanghvi.
Earlier, they were in Dubai, but now they have reportedly moved to Singapore.
HAWALA SCAM
In 2014, ED had filed three charge sheets (one main and two supplementary) against 79 accused in the illegal transfer of money amounting to Rs 5400 crore from India to Hong Kong and Dubai, on the strength of fake bills of entry and other documents through banking channels within a short span of time.
The case involved international ramifications and the investigations into the global network involved in siphoning off the precious foreign exchange.
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