FEMA Case Probe: ED Searches Premises Of Congress Telangana Candidate Vivek Venkatswamy

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday searched the premises of Congress candidate from Telangana’s Chennur seat Vivek Venkatswamy and some others as part of a foreign exchange violation probe.

They stated that the federal agency is undertaking the searches under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act in Chennur & Hyderabad.

Early this month, the former MP resigned from the BJP and joined the Congress in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi in Hyderabad. With declared assets worth over Rs 600 crore, Vivek is the richest politician contesting the November 30 assembly polls in Telangana.

Vivek and his wife own movable assets valued at Rs 377 crore, mostly shares in many companies, including his own Visaka Industries, which was founded in 1981. The family’s immovable assets stood at over Rs 225 crore.

According to the affidavit filed by him, Vivek and his wife have liabilities/loans worth Rs 41.5 crore.

Vivek’s annual income grew to Rs 6.26 crore during the last fiscal from Rs 4.66 crore in FY19 while that of his wife rose to Rs 9.61 crore from Rs 6.09 crore during the same period.

Meera Verma

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