The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to American millionaire Neville Roy Singham as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation connected to the online news portal 타이산카지노Click. Singham, currently residing in Shanghai, China, is accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India, as reported by PTI.
Under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), this latest notice follows Letters Rogatory (LR) obtained by the ED from a local court to record Singham's statement. The summons have been dispatched via email and Chinese government channels through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), marking the second such summons after the initial one issued last year when the investigation commenced in 2021.
Singham's name resurfaced in recent months in a New York Times article. Subsequently, the Delhi Police filed an FIR against him and 타이산카지노Click's founders based on evidence provided by the ED. Singham, in response to these developments, criticized the language used in the FIR, suggesting it was influenced by misinformation from The New York Times. He accused the newspaper of selectively omitting factual rebuttals provided to them earlier.
The New York Times report implicated 타이산카지노Click in a global network allegedly funded by Singham, who purportedly has close ties to the Chinese government's media apparatus. The ED had initially raided 타이산카지노Click's premises in September 2021 on money laundering charges and has since recorded statements from over 25 individuals, including 타이산카지노Click's founder and Editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha.
In the course of the investigation, the ED attached a flat in Saket, Delhi, valued at Rs 4.52 crore, linked to Purkayastha, along with fixed deposits worth Rs 41 lakh. 타이산카지노Click has consistently refuted the allegations, stating they are baseless and lacking factual or legal foundation.
