Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Sep 16: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) which has filed enforcement case information report (ECIR) against underground criminal, Ravi Poojary is now preparing to record his statements.

The ED has applied to the city civil and sessions court seeking permission to obtain statements from Poojary who is currently in prison. Once the permission is given it will investigate illegal funds transfer by Poojary and illegal properties he owns in foreign countries. He may then be taken into custody for further questioning.

Ravi Poojary, during his underworld activities spanning over 26 years acquired illegal assets worth crores of rupees in Senegal in Africa. It is found that hundreds of crores of rupees he earned in India through illegal activities were invested by him in businesses being run in Senegal.

The ED plans to take into possession Guthiar Electronics located at Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, Maharaja Indian Casino Bar and Restuarant Poojary operated at Dakar in partnership with a close aide and other assets. The ED has information that Poojary also possesses property worth crores of rupees in India and he has investments and properties in the names of wife and children.