ED has connected Businessman Raj Kundra’s properties within the case associated to Amit Bhardwaj’s Bitcoin rip-off.
Mumbai (Maharashtra):
Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate over attaching his properties within the case associated to Amit Bhardwaj’s Bitcoin rip-off.
Talking with ANI, Mr Kundra stated that he met Mr Bhardwaj when he was a revered businessman and had launched him to an Israeli pal.
“That introduction has triggered me an excessive amount of that my properties are connected” Mr Kundra mirrored.
“Within the attachment order, it’s clearly written that now we have no proof of any funds going to Raj Kundra. There was a crypto king referred to as Amit Bardwaj, he was a revered businessman, I met him, he needed to do loads of work in bitcoin mining and I knew a pal in Israel who is a good professional on this expertise. So I introduced each of them collectively,” Mr Kundra stated.
He additional questioned ED authority within the investigation towards him, saying, “A British citizen (Raj Kundra), I met him (Amit Bhardwaj) in Dubai and there was an Israeli occasion, so how is ED concerned on this?”
Mr Kundra additional talked about that he was referred to as as a witness six years in the past and offered all of the details. He expressed shock over ED attaching his properties in relation to that Bitcoin case.
“I used to be referred to as as a witness 6 years in the past and requested should you had some coping with Amit Bhardwaj. I went there 6 occasions, I gave all of the details as a witness…Then in 2024 with none data, all my property was connected, I didn’t perceive this. They referred to as me once more and requested the identical factor as they requested 6 years in the past, now what can we do? We’ll combat this within the Court docket and we are going to win this,” Mr Kundra stated.
In April of this yr, ED connected properties value Rs 97.79 crores belonging to Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty alleging that they’d collected large quantities of funds within the type of Bitcoins. Additionally, they’d made false guarantees of 10 laptop returns to the general public within the type of Bitcoins. ED revealed that Raj Kundra obtained 285 Bitcoins from the mastermind of Achieve Bitcoin Ponzi Rip-off Amit Bhardwaj. Mr Kundra continues to be in possession of those 285 Bitcoins that are presently valued at Rs 150 Cr.