Sana Satish Babu exonerated by Delhi High Court

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Sana Sathish Babu in 2019, in connection with a money laundering case related to controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. The Delhi High Court, however, recently exonerated him of all allegations.

Opposing the five day police custody granted by a Delhi court, his lawyer pleaded – how Babu can be an accused when he was a star witness in the same case in which Moin Qureshi was the main accused. 

"You made him a witness and he helped you in the case. Now you are making him an accused," he argued.

ED officials said Babu was detained on July 26 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and when was subsequently arrested for not cooperating in the probe.

The ED was probing a case regarding purported purchase of shares worth Rs. 50 lakh of a company linked to Qureshi. Qureshi purportedly had received money from several people on the promise of getting help from influential bureaucrats.

The ED had registered a criminal case under the anti-money laundering law against Moin Qureshi in 2017 for alleged corruption in connivance with government officials.