2G scam money went to tax-safe havens via Surat, claims ED

July 10, 2015 18:19

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that its probe into the Rs 5,395-crore hawala scam has shown that hawala operators were also involved in sending 2G-scam money to tax-safe havens such as Switzerland via Surat based firms.

ED sources said that new information has surfaced after the arrest of a Dubai-based businessman Manish Shah from Surat on July 1 by the agency's Ahmedabad zonal unit.

The sources said that evidences related to the routing of 2G scam kickback money abroad was found after Shah's arrest. They said that the 2G-scam money has been transferred from Chennai to Dubai and Hong Kong via Surat.

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