Rana Ayyub, prime accused of money laundering case, stopped from leaving country; plays victim card on Twitter

Mumbai, Mar 20: Mumbai, Mar 20: Mumbai airport authority has stopped "intellectual" journalist, prime accused of the money laundering case, Rana Ayyub at the immigration from boarding her flight to London, where she was supposed to deliver her speech on ‘intimidation of journalists.

 

 

Soon after that, Rana took to social media to play her victim card. Taking to Twitter, the Washington Post columnist claimed she was on her way to London to deliver her speech on ‘intimidation of journalists’. From there, she claimed she was supposed to go to Italy to speak about the state of Indian democracy.

 

 

 

As per the reports, authority took this action following the Enforcement Directorate's Lookout Circular notice against the Washington Post columnist in connection with a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate has summoned her for questioning on April 1.

 

 

 

It should be noted that Ayuub is the prime accused in the money lauundering case. Last month, Enforcement Directorate had attached assets worth Rs 1.77 crore of Ayyub over allegations of violation of provisions of the Money Laundering Act. The ED in its attachment order had said, “Rana Ayyub has cheated the general Public Donors in a pre-planned manner and with the intention to cheat the general public donors”.

 

The order says that Rana Ayyub’s scam started right from the time she collected the money and started withdrawing it from her savings account of herself and her family members. The ED order further said that a Fixed Deposit amounting to Rs 50 Lakh was booked from her savings bank account through net banking, and opening a separate Current bank account and subsequently, funds were transferred from her savings bank account and the bank account of her sister and father and did not utilize for the purpose for which it was raised by Rana Ayyub.

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