Overview
- Searches on December 31 and January 1 covered nine locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Lucknow, and Varanasi linked to the case.
- Officials say movable assets worth about Rs 3 crore in insurance policies, fixed deposits, and bank balances were frozen under Section 17(1A) of the PMLA.
- The ED states that Dwivedi has left India, is residing in Dubai, and has not appeared despite multiple summons.
- Earlier searches on December 17 led to the seizure of four high-end vehicles, recovery of about Rs 20 lakh in cash, and arrests of three persons, with prior freezes/attachments of roughly Rs 27 crore.
- The probe stems from a West Bengal Police FIR alleging a Siliguri-based betting panel run by Sonu Kumar Thakur and Vishal Bhardwaj using mule accounts and digital platforms.