The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday recorded the statement of Irfan Siddiqui, son-in-law of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, in connection with the bank fraud and money-laundering probe against Gujarat-based pharmaceutical firm Sterling Biotech.
Siddiqui's statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was grilled on charges of links with the Sandesara brothers, the owners and promoters of the Vadodara-based firm, at an Enforcement Directorate (ED) office here, officials said.
He is likely to be questioned again on on Wednesday. The alleged Rs-8,100 crore bank loan fraud is said to have been perpetrated by the pharma firm and its main promoters — Nitin Sandesara, Chetan Sandesara and Deepti Sandesara — all of whom are absconding.
