Hyderabad: The AP police, under pressure to crack down on illegal money lenders, had made a big legal mess by booking cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
While Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 clearly says that the case under this Act can be boo-ked only by the Directo-rate of Enforcement (ED) the police in Srikakulam, Vizainagaram, Guntur Urban and Kadapa booked cases under PMLA.
The note details cases booked regarding call money along with CM Naidu’s statement distributed on the floor of the Andhra Pradesh Asse-mbly on Friday saying that cases were booked under PMLA.
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