India's most wanted financial offender,
Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Gems used to be a
donor to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
(RGF), the modern day in the collection of disclosures on controversial donations made to the Congress trust. This donation for an undisclosed quantity is section of the RGF annual document of 2013-15.
The donations have been made in the title of Naviraj Estates Private Limited and Mehul Choksi is one of the two administrators in
the company. Diamond merchant, Choksi is
on the run from expenses associated to a fraud in Punjab National Bank and different banks.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier
this month delivered again over 2,340 kg of polished diamonds, pearls and silver earrings valued Rs 1,350 crore of a number of United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong primarily based entities of fugitive diamantaires Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi from Hong Kong.
These valuables in 108 consignments were
brought lower back to Mumbai, the ED said. Out of 108 consignments, 32 belong to the entities controlled by means of Nirav Modi and rests belong to
entities managed with the aid of Choksi.
These valuables had been valued on arrival and were as a result seized in India and impartial valuers assessed these until now consignments to be well worth round Rs 137 Crore, the ED said. One of the largest financial institution defaulters, Mehul Choksi's Geetanjali Gems is pinnacle of the listing organized via Reserve Bank of India of pinnacle 30 wilful defaulters. The listing referred to that Choksi had defaulted on an quantity of Rs 5,044 crore.
This is the ultra-modern in the sequence of embarrassing disclosures on donations made to the RGF for the Congress and its leader, Sonia Gandhi who is chairperson of the RGF.
At the time of severe friction with China, it
has been published that the Government of
People's Republic of China and the Chinese
Embassy in India have been funding the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) led by way of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is
Chairperson of RGF and its board has among
others former Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, former Congress President Rahul
Gandhi, former Finance Minister P
Chidambaram and Congress General
Secretary Priyanka Gandhi.
According to RGF annual file accessed by IANS, in 2005-06, the Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation obtained a donation from the
Government of People's Republic of China
and the Embassy of the People's Republic of
China as two separate donors. These are listed as donors in the record amongst the listing of standard donors.
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