The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned the wife of journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested in the Israeli diplomat car bombing case, in its probe into the source of alleged foreign funds received by the couple.
The agency recorded the statement of Jahan Ara, wife of the senior journalist, under the provisions of anti-money laundering laws and also received a set of documents from her.
The ED questioned her about the remittances of more than Rs 18 lakh into her accounts and also about those funds received in her husband's accounts.
Jahan Ara, according to sources, told the investigators that all the remittances are legitimate transfers by her son from overseas locations including from Dubai.
The ED will scrutinise the documents submitted by her as it is also awaiting official reports from banks and other sources of these transactions which are under the scanner.
The ED is probing the case under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act after the Delhi Police recently wrote to
it to probe the source and use of the foreign remittances sent to the couples' accounts.
Delhi police chief B K Gupta had some time ago said Kazmi and his wife have been receiving foreign remittances regularly and till March 16, his wife had allegedly received Rs 18,78,500 and Kazmi got Rs 3.80 lakh as foreign remittances regarding which "there is no satisfactory explanation".
Kazmi's family and his colleagues have denied all the allegations against him and have demanded a fair probe into the case.
