PANAJI:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a search on an offshore casino vessel and its office in Panaji on Wednesday evening. Sources said that the operation, which extended till late hours, involved questioning a few officials and examining crucial documents including tax records and financial transactions.
The search comes over a year after the ED raided six casinos over allegations of fraudulent financial activities linked to certain depositors. Initial findings raised suspicions of black money transactions involving multiple casinos.
Barely a week ago, ED Goa initiated investigations into several jobs-for-cash cases, which have led to dozens of arrests involving cheating people of crores of rupees. Goa Police are in the process of preparing case details comprising evidence, witness, etc to assist the ED in a parallel probe focusing on the financial aspects of the scam.
