Officials said that the agency has filed the second criminal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after it recently obtained details of the case from the CBI, which filed a first information report (FIR) after getting a complaint from the State Bank of India (SBI).

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to investigate the alleged default of loans amounting to Rs 6,027 crore availed by the beleaguered liquor baron from a consortium of nationalised banks.

After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case against Vijay Mallya in the SBI loan default case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) may also start investigating the case, an official from the enforcement agency told Business Today.

The move for the second round of property seizure has picked up momentum after Mallya, who is currently in England, failed to appear before the special court dealing with cases under the provisions of the PMLA.

In 1997, CBI had registered a case against Bhansali for cheating State Bank of India (SBI) to the tune of Rs 57 crore. Chain Roop Bhansali, chairman of CRB Caps, allegedly siphoned out funds from the bank under the guise of encashment of interest warrants and refund warrants of principal amount.

Government on Sunday decided to set up a special court to hear all NSEL related cases on a priority basis while also asked the Enforcement Directorate to expedite action to recover Rs 3,721 crore from defaulters.

The Special Task Force (SIT) on black money has asked Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take action against 688 companies under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for failing to bring export proceeds to in the country.

The ED on Tuesday arrested Shah under section 19 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), saying he was not cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

Shares of Financial Technologies (India) plunged nearly 10 per cent after the Enforcement Directorate arrested its founder Jignesh Shah in connection with the Rs 5,600-crore scam.

Officials said Shah was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as \"he was not cooperating in the investigation\".

The summons were issued by the court while taking cognisance of ED's charge sheet against the six accused under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

With the latest disclosures of an additional fund diversion of Rs 1225.3 crore on Saturday taking the total suspected siphoning of funds from United Spirits alone to over Rs 2,500 crore.

ED has issued summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P Chidamabram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal of the 2G scam.

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been asked to appear before a PMLA court on July 29 in connection with its money laundering probe against him in an alleged bank loan fraud case with the special judge saying he has \"absconded\" and was \"concealing\" himself to avoid arrest.

A person can be termed a proclaimed offender in the investigation of a criminal case if the court has reason to believe that the accused against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued.

Exiled tycoon Vijay Mallya said on Sunday that Indian authorities trying to recover about $1.4 billion from his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines had no legal grounds for sequestering certain assets in a money laundering case.

A day after the Enforcement Directorate attached assets worth Rs 1,411 crore of Vijay Mallya and one of his companies, the Indian liquor baron on Sunday said there is \"no rationale nor any legal basis\" behind such action and alleged that government agencies are pursuing a \"heavily biased investigation\" against him.

Officials said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to CBI to obtain a Red Corder Notice (RCN) against Mallya from the global police body. CBI acts as the nodal office for execution of Interpol warrants in India. An RCN is issued to seek the location and arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition or similar lawful action in a criminal case probe.

Officials said the agency has already begun the exercise of identifying and valuing the country-wide immovable assets of the beleaguered businessman in order to place them under attachment under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

A non-bailable warrant against Mallya had been issued by a special judge in Mumbai as he did not appear for the hearings which has strengthened the government's case to get him deported.