Justice Quddusi was among those arrested for planning to buy relief from judicial fora, including the Supreme Court (SC), for owners of medical colleges which are under the scanner of the Medical Council of India.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case of money laundering against former Odisha High Court Judge IM Quddusi and other middlemen who were arrested by the CBI last month.
Justice Quddusi was among those arrested for planning to buy relief from judicial fora, including the Supreme Court (SC), for owners of medical colleges which are under the scanner of the Medical Council of India.
This is the same case that rocked the SC last week with senior lawyers even dragging the name of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the case.
Source in ED told DNA that an enforcement case investigation report (ECIR) has been registered to probe money laundering and corruption angles in the case.
"The case was registered under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) last week," said a source, adding that the case has been filed on basis of CBI's FIR. The ED will probe the money laundering that took place between the judge and his associates, and between middlemen and "unnamed judges".
As first reported by DNA, the CBI has in its possession material to nail the "named and unnamed accused".
The agency also has "electronic evidence" – phone recordings and other electronic communication - where Quddusi and his associates are heard demanding bribe money to settle a matter in the SC and where he claims to be "very close to a sitting judge".
However, while acknowledging that the name of a sitting SC Judge was taken by the arrested accused, sources in the CBI clarified that it did not automatically mean that the judge was a party to the case.
Quddusi has been out on bail since September 27, a week after he was arrested.
The CBI has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Justice Quddusi and seven others for allegedly conspiring to settle a Medical Council of India (MCI) debarment order against a private medical college.
The CBI had also carried out raids at the retired judge's residence in connection with the leakage of sensitive information relating to inspections, recognition of courses and administrative decisions as well as action contemplated by the MCI against some medical colleges.
During the raids, the agency also recovered Rs 1 crore from one of the middlemen in Delhi which he had allegedly received from a hawala operator Ram Dev Saraswat.
During searches, Rs 85 lakh was recovered from the hawala operator and Rs 5 lakh from another accused Bhawana Pandey.
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