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According to ED, chargesheet under money laundering law has been filed against alleged conman Sanjay Prakash Rai, also known as Sanjay Sherpuria, for allegedly “cheating” multiple people by claiming have connection with PMO, senior officials, and politicians.
As per the statement, prosecution complaint was filed on July 28 at special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court at the Patiala House Courts in Delhi while court took it’s cognizance on July 31.
The Lucknow Police filed FIR alleging that Rai “duped” huge amount of money from general people by portraying himself as close to senior politicians and bureaucrats and asserting that he was an influencer, a social worker, and had connection with PMO.
In one instance, the agency alleged, Rai “duped” businessman Gaurav Dalmia and his family to the tune of ₹ 12 crore by instilling in him a fear of arrest in an ongoing investigation conducted by the ED.
After conducting searches at 42 sites in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Ghazipur, Pune, and Gandhidham, the ED had already detained Rai.
An amount of ₹ 6 crore out of the total amount was received in the bank account of the Youth Rural Entrepreneur Foundation (YREF) in January, 2023 from Dalmia Family Office Trust, wherein Gaurav Dalmia is a trustee, the ED said. Rai, according to the ED, incorporated the YREF under the Companies Act as a not for profit company on February 16, 2019 and the registered address of YREF was village Karaila, Post Saheri in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. However, the actual operational activities of YREF are being done from house No 1, Delhi Riding Club, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi which is also the residential address of Rai, it said. Although Rai does not hold any official position in YREF, he controls the day-to-day affairs of the company and is the ultimate beneficiary, the agency said. The said payment of ₹ six crore was received by Rai “under the guise of donation in YREF from Dalmia Family Office Trust”.
With Agency Inputs
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