The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of a former Congress MLA, his father and an alleged middleman as part of a probe into suspected foreign exchange rule violations.
The alleged middleman’s name, Gagan Dhawan, earlier cropped up during a probe against meat exporter Moin Qureshi, a childhood friend of former CBI Director A.P. Singh. The same name had multiple entries in the visitors’ logbook of former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha at his then official residence, said an official. Thursday’s search at 12 locations is related to the ED’s probe involving Sandesara group of companies earlier this month. “The premises of former Congress MLA and property dealer Sumesh Shokeen, his father Ram Kumar Shokeen and Gagan Dhawan have been searched,” said the official.
