ED questions Hasan Ali's aide in money laundering case

Enforcement Directorate on Friday interrogated Abbas Naqvi, a Mumbai based interior designer in connection with the alleged money laundering case of Hasan Ali Khan, sources said.

He was summoned by the agency at 3pm on Friday.

Aabbas is believed to be a close aide of Hasan Ali as well as Kolkata based businessman Kashinath Tapuria who was also arrested yesterday in connection with the same case.

Khan has been arrested by the agency on charges of stashing huge amounts of black money in banks abroad. He is also facing a Rs70,000-crore tax demand notice from the Income-Tax department.

The I-T department has raised a tax demand of Rs591 crore against Tapuria and Rs20,540 crore against his wife Chandrika.