The prosecution complaint (charge sheet) was filed by the ED before Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) detailing the alleged role of Lodha and others involved in the case.
ED sources said though lawyer Rohit Tandon, who was arrested in another case, has not been chargesheeted in this matter, his role has been defined in the report. A decision will be taken to file supplementary charge sheet after further probe.
The charge sheet gives details of how the accused persons "cheated public at large" and caused monetary loss to the central government.
While Lodha was arrested on December 21, 2016, in connection with alleged conversion of over Rs 25 crore old currency into new notes, Tandon is in custody since December 28, 2016, in connection with a similar case lodged by ED.
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It has said that he had committed offences including those under sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
The agency had earlier told the court that Lodha was involved in the offence of money laundering which "frustrated" demonetisation policy of the government posing "serious threat" to financial health of the country.
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