On February 25, 2023, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) detained two people in GNCTD: middleman Jeetandra Prasad and Hindi language teacher Dinesh Singh Kushwaha. They were brought before the Additional Session Judge of the Patiala House Court, and the court granted ED custody until March 3, 2023, and March 2, 2023, respectively. These individuals, pretending to be employed by the ED, had obtained Rs 2.6 Crore through a hawala channel from Vaibhav Dipak Shah, one of the defendants in the Power bank App Case.
The Delhi Police Special Cell received the report regarding this incident. After discovering them involved in dealing with the proceeds of crime, ED took the situation seriously, searched these two’s properties, and then arrested them. During the searches, it was discovered that Jeetandra Prasad’s home had cash totalling Rs. 47.5 lakh, counterfeit summons and notifications, duplicate official stamps, and digital data linked to significant monetary transactions pertaining to cheating and fraud.
Meanwhile, a probe into a Chinese national’s theft of more than Rs 250 crore in public funds in the Power bank App Case is ongoing. Numerous FIRs in different jurisdictions have been filed in this matter in multiple states and a significant number of individuals have been deceived.
