After the CBI, former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is now likely to come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Highly placed sources close to the former CM told this newspaper that after the CBI registered cases against Mr Yeddyurappa in mining related land scams under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the ED is contemplating registering cases against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The sources said that if they find prima facie evidence on the money trail involving BSY which violate various sections of these two Acts, the ED is likely to file a FIR against him soon.
When Deccan Chronicle contacted a legislator loyal to the former CM on the likely ED measures against BSY, he retorted: “I have no knowledge about this”. However sources close to the former CM told this newspaper that the ED is likely to register a case against him under sections of PMLA and FEMA. This will bring business transactions of his family members including his sons B.Y. Raghavendra and B.Y. Vijayendra and son-in-law Sohan Kumar under scrutiny.
Sources said the ED may have found information on the family members of the former CM having banks accounts in Dubai and Hong Kong. After studying the FIR registered by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the ED will proceed in the matter, the sources added. Earlier, the ED had registered cases against former UP family welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha after the CBI registered a case against him for alleged irregularities in the funds allocated to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Sources said B.Y. Vijayendra had camped in Delhi to consult legal experts on the CBI case and had also discussed possible ED cases with Supreme Court senior lawyers.