Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate has called Telugu actor Mahesh Babu to question in a money laundering case, which is associated with the alleged real estate fraud case by some local groups, officials said on Tuesday.
The 49 -year -old Babu has been asked to get out of here in the office of the Federal Investigation Agency on 28 April and his statement has been recorded under the prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said.
The case is related to Sai Surya Developers, a major real estate firm located in Vengal Rao Nagar, Surana Group and some others. The ED discovered the case on 16 April in the premises located in Secondarbad, Jubilee Hills and Bovenpali.
Babu is currently not being investigated as an accused and may not be involved in the scam. He may have supported the realty projects of the accused companies, said that he did not know about the alleged fraud.
The agency is trying to understand the transaction of Rs 5.9 crore, which the actor received from companies as a support fee through checks and cash, said.
The actor could not be contacted for a comment.
The ED case stems from a Telengana police complaint against Satish Chandra Gupta, the owner of Sai Surya Developers and Director of Bhagyaanagar Properties Limited, Narendra Surana and others for “cheating” and “cheat” cheated “cheating” in his hard work in the name of “cheating”.
The accused orchized the “fraud” schemes incorporating the layout of unauthorized land, selling different customers the same plots, accepting payment without proper agreements, and false assurance of plot registration, the agency said in a statement that the searches said that the searches posted.
It said that the work of the accused caused financial loss to many investors.
Ed said, “By cheating the general public with predetermined and dishonest intentions, they generated the income of crime, which themselves and related institutions were mistaken and looted for the wrong way.”
It said that the documents related to the deposits made by the investors and about Rs 100 crore were recovered during the raid on the cash transactions of about Rs 100 crore.
When cash worth 74.50 lakh was seized from the premises of companies of Narendra Surana and Surana Group, he said in the statement.
