News Politics National ED probing cash deals worth Rs 760 cr involving Mayawati's brother: report

ED probing cash deals worth Rs 760 cr involving Mayawati's brother: report

New Delhi, Jan 28: Seven companies controlled by former UP chief minister Mayawati's younger brother Anand Kumar  carried out cash transactions worth some Rs 760 crore, and the sourceS of such large sums of money



Over the past five years, the company has received cash amounting to Rs 346 crore from similar sales of undisclosed investments.
 
The company's RoC filings do not detail what these investments were and to whom these were sold.
 
Most of the money was received by Anand Kumar's companies from the issue of shares at a huge premium, creation of cash reserves through forfeiture of advances paid to the firms by third parties, sale of undisclosed investments and issue of dividends.
 
Anand Kumar has paid taxes on some of these transactions, but the source of these funds and the entities buying into these companies are not clear.
 
Little is known about Anand Kumar, 37, who does not even interact with the leaders of the BSP. He was a clerk in the Noida Authority and lives with his sister.
 
In a rare remark about him during an election rally in 2011, Mayawati said her brother had stood by her at all times.
 
Last week, Mayawati told the media that her brother's dealings were above board. She accused her opponents of trying to revive allegations that first surfaced in December 2011.
 
At that time, when the UP assembly elections were just around the corner, BJP leader  Kirit Somaiya had claimed that Anand Kumar had floated as many as 76 companies to launder money.
 
Somaiya had also alleged that some of these companies had substantial investments from entities based in tax havens. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the fund flows into these companies, an official in the finance ministry said.