New Delhi, March 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched a fresh money laundering investigation against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram; Advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd (ASCPL), a company with which he is allegedly associated; his aide, S Bhaskararaman, and others in connection to corruption allegations pertaining to the approval of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), people familiar with the development said on Sunday.
The latest probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is based on a first information report (FIR), registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on January 1, in which Diageo Scotland, UK, Sequoia Capital, Mauritius, and Vasan Healthcare Pvt Ltd are also named along with unkn...