The remarks came amid opposition demands for a judicial probe into alleged financial irregularities in the donation management system at the Ram Temple.
Trinamool Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien on Friday questioned the Enforcement Directorate’s freezing of three party bank accounts and asked when it would freeze “temple funds”, in an apparent reference to the alleged misappropriation of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
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“ED freezes TMC’s three bank accounts with HDFC. When will ED freeze temple funds,” O’Brien, Trinamool’s national joint secretary, said in a post on X.
The remarks came amid opposition demands for a judicial probe into alleged financial irregularities in the donation management system at the Ram Temple.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has frozen three Trinamool Congress (TMC) bank accounts, with deposits worth $440 crore, under the Anti-Money Laundering Act following searches in an alleged money misappropriation case.
The orders were issued under Section 17 (1A) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the central agency said in a statement.
This section authorizes the Executive Director to freeze assets, such as bank deposits, when it is not practicable to seize such property and it is necessary for the assets not to be transferred or otherwise dealt with.
