Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Kirodi Lal Meena on Friday filed a money laundering complaint against Rajasthan State Chief Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot.
He has filed the complaint with the Enforcement Directorate, alleging that some business were being used to launder State Chief’s black money and sought action against his son under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
In his 10-page complaint to a joint director of the probe agency, the BJP parliamentarian has named Vaibhav Gehlot, his wife and several others alleging that a Mauritius-based shell company is involved in the money laundering.
He has accused Vaibhav Gehlot of having links with the businessman, who runs ventures across the country using “illegal money channelized from Ashok Gehlot” and said that the “facts” presented in the complaint required a detailed, independent investigation.
The BJP parliamentarian on Thursday while addressing a press conference had claimed that an investigation will reveal the Rajasthan State Chief to be the richest politician in the country.
During the press conference, Meena accused Vaibhav Gehlot of investing INR 967.5 million ($11,733,601) through the Mauritius-based shell company in a hospitality firm which runs a hotel in Jaipur and the shell company is being used to launder the Gehlot family's “black money”.
He further stated that both the hospitality firm and the Mauritius company were formed in 2007 and the approval for the construction of the Jaipur hotel was given by the Jaipur Development Authority in 2009 when Ashok Gehlot was the state chief.
The BJP parliamentarian also claimed that a London-based NRI doctor who is close to the State Chief invested INR 1,000 million ($12,127,600) in the shell company.
As of now, there was no comment from the State Chief or his office over the allegations levelled by Meena.