PANJIM: Based on information provided by the Income Tax (I-T) department, Crime Branch (CB) on Friday seized bank statements of former chief minister Digambar Kamat’s close aide Nitin Naik to establish allegations of money laundering.
The details from Kotak Mahindra Bank Margao, sources said, will now be scrutinized to take the investigation further.
Herald was the first to report that the I-T department had last month shared information with the CB sleuths on the alleged corruption wherein bank statements indicated that Yellapur-based company Dream Logistics allegedly transferred Rs 2.50 crore into the account of Naik in 2010.
Within a span of two months, Naik’s bank details showed a balance of Rs 4.50 crore. In addition to this, another Rs 70 lakh was transacted into his account through RTGS system. “Although we have gathered some details like cash transaction of up to Rs one crore, we also need to probe from where were these money pumped into the account, etc,” an officer said.
The whopping amount was transferred to multiple accounts, which allegedly belongs to people close to the senior Congress leader and Naik.
