INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against fugitive defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari, naming two other
currently based.He is wanted in India for allegedly receiving payoffs in several defence deals through his UAE-registered shell
firms.Thampi, a Dubai-based NRI businessman, was arrested by the ED in January 2020 in a money laundering case probing former Congress
He was held for not cooperating with the agency in connection with money laundering and acquiring undisclosed properties in Dubai, London
introduced him to Vadra.Investigators suspected Thampi to be a front for some politicians and managing their entities in Dubai, including
Skylight Hospitality FZE and Skylight Investment FZE that later purchased London properties and a villa in Dubai.After agencies started
of 1,50,000 dirhams to the son of his step sister, Vadakkethala Cheru Geever, who now also owns through a shell company the London flat at
12 Ellorton House, Bryanston Square worth Rs 26 crore and the Dubai villa worth over Rs 14 crore.
