The four companies that donated money to the tune of Rs 2 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in April last year do not exist. As the ‘hawala at midnight’ scam exploded in AAP’s face, INNLIVE visited the addresses provided by these ‘companies’.
The four companies - Infolance Software Solution Ltd, Goldmine Buildcon Private Ltd, Skyline Metal and Alloys Pvt. Ltd, and Sunvision Agencies Pvt. Ltd - are not known at the addresses they had provided.
The information about the donors was even available on AAP's website.
Referring to these “dubious” companies, the AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM) had alleged that the party was involved in money laundering.
According to AAP's claims, Goldmine Buildcon Private Ltd is located at premises number D-8 in Gokalpuri. However, when INNLIVE visited the location, it was found that the listed building is occupied by the family of 70-year-old Ramsukh. He has been “living in the house since 1973” and was clueless about the Goldmine Buildcon Private Ltd.
“I have no idea. Since morning people are coming and asking me the same question. I am living here since the time this colony was established. My son is a driver and we have not donated any amount to AAP,” said Ramsukh.
Sunvision Agencies Pvt. Ltd is located at A-2, Mukand Vihar in Karawal, according to the information listed on the AAP website. INNLIVE, however, found that the building is under construction, and home to a 55-year-old Rajpal and his brother. No such company exists at that address.
When INNLIVE tried to track the Infolance Software Solution Ltd. in Bakoli village, locals said the address given by the company does not exist.
“There is no such address like Shop 2, Khasra 406 and 307. I am living here for the last 80 years. The address is wrong,” said Mukesh Singh, a villager.
Similarly, the address of Skyline Metal and Alloys Pvt. Ltd turned out to be wrong.
According to the AAP website, the company’s address is 146, Galli no 37, Shad Nagar at Palam Colony. When INNLIVE visited the spot, it found a three-storey building, in the lane, with the address F-146.
“There is no house which is just number 146. There are blocks in the colony,” said a local resident.
Meanwhile, The AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM), a break-away faction of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Tuesday stepped up its attack against the political party over allegedly receiving funds from dubious sources.
AVAM claimed it sent decoy customers to get two cheques of Rs 50 lakh each from Skyline Metal and Alloys Pvt Ltd and Goldmine Buildcon Pvt Ltd illegally.
“AAP’s defence is that they got the money through cheques but anyone can go to these companies, give them cash and get a cheque of the same amount in return,” said Gopal Goel of AVAM, adding that AAP has routed black money into its accounts by using these means.
However, when asked to clarify how AVAM managed to get cheques from the companies they claim do not exist on the given addresses, the AAP faction refused to comment.
AVAM also alleged that the Kejriwal-led party was receiving donations from foreignbased firms and nationals in violation of Indian laws regarding foreign contribution.
It alleged that the money was being first sent into accounts of Indian nationals who subsequently transferred the money into AAP’s account.
Refuting the allegations, AAP leader and former banker Meera Sanyal said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley can simply call up bank CEOs and get all his queries answered regarding the four cheques of Rs 50 lakh each deposited into AAP’s account.
“Banking privacy laws prohibit people from getting company/individual details. It is just not possible to check everyone’s address. How can we be blamed for trusting the country’s banking system?”
It has emerged that Hem Prakash Sharma - a suspected key player behind Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) alleged dubious funding - is possibly a dummy director in several fraudulent companies.
A INNLIVE investigation has revealed that Sharma is a director in at least 20 companies, many of which are suspected to be a front of bigger firms.
One of these companies - Delhi-based SKN Associates Private Limited - received a show-cause notice for cancellation of registration from the Department of Trade and Tax, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, on December 18, 2013.
Sharma is also a director in Infloance Software Solutions Limited, Goldmine Building Private Limited and Skyline Metal and Alloys - all Delhi-based companies that reportedly donated Rs 50 lakh each to the Aam Aadmi Party.
The funding has been questioned by the political party’s breakaway group AAP Volunteer Action Manch (AVAM). It is alleged that four bogus companies, which were used as front for money laundering, donated funds to AAP.
The AAP, however, has rejected the allegations and demanded that a Supreme Court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) be constituted to probe funding of all three major parties in the run-up to the Delhi polls.
The notice sent by the Department of Tax and Trade - accessed by INNLIVE - to many companies, including SKN Associates Private Limited, says “the company’s registration needs to be cancelled as it has filed returns showing nil gross turnover for the last one year”.
This shows “they have ceased to carry out any economic activity which would entitle them to be registered as a dealer under DVAT Act 2004”, it added.
INNLIVE’s investigation has revealed that Sharma may have been a ‘dummy’ director in several firms other than the three companies - Infloance Software Solutions Limited, Goldmine Building Private Limited and Skyline Metal and Alloy - and SKN Associates.
Some of the companies he was associated with as director or additional director are Aarohi Infocom Private Limited, Devlin Corporation Limited, Digital Infrabuild Private Limited, Evolve Tradex Private Limited, Future Corporation Limited, Smart Corporation Limited, A 1 Team India Motorsport Private Limited, Wave Trademart Private Limited, Premium Infoways Private Limited, Bell Flower Infrabuild Private Limited, Decent Contractors Private Limited, JH Vehicles Finance Private Limited, and Asian Valves Private Limited.
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