Overview

• Abdul Jaffer, wanted for four years, was arrested during simultaneous raids at two Chennai locations on May 22.
• ED investigations show Jaffer organized at least 13 shipments that concealed banned Red Sanders under declared sponge iron exports to Dubai.
• Searches in Chennai uncovered land parcels, residential buildings, luxury vehicles and incriminating documents bought with smuggling proceeds.
• On May 24, a Nagpur special court remanded Jaffer to ED custody until May 28 to further its money-laundering inquiry.
• Enforcement Directorate teams are now mapping Jaffer’s syndicate members and probing suspected ties to government and private individuals.