The Directorate of Enforcement is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government Of India. It is composed of officers from the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service.
The origin of this Directorate goes back to 1 May 1956, when an ‘Enforcement Unit’ was formed, in Department of Economic Affairs, for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. In the year 1957, this Unit was renamed as ‘Enforcement Directorate’.
During the course of investigation it came to fore that the Hurriyat leaders have received funds from Pakistan through conduits and also from the Pakistan High Commission directly DNA - Published
On Monday, Enforcement Directorate has attached assets of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in Delhi, Panchkula and Sirsa. The net worth of assets is Rs 3.68 crore. DNA - Published
The ED stated this in response to an application filed by the counsel of AgustaWestland accused Christian Michel James, alleging that the charge sheet was purposely leaked by the probe agency DNA - Published
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