IT submit evidence of Black Money against Ashok Mittal of Hotel Royal Plaza in Delhi HC

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Key players: Nand Kishore Chaturvedi and Ashok Mittal (Note: All facts and documents are public and submitted in court. Here is the link of key document: https://www.scribd.com/document/690485435/Ia-No-386-of-2023-Volume-i-to-Volume-IV-in-Cp-No-47-of-2010-1?secret_password=H1wu4g3dAlSaAWDFi1Sx

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IT submit evidence of Black Money against Ashok Mittal of Hotel Royal Plaza in Delhi HC 

By Shoojit Sarkar

The Delhi High Court has turned down #AshokMittal plea for immediate quashing of the Income Tax (IT) #LOC (Look Out Circular) on the ground that it is not a case of tax violations but criminal offences committed under the black money laws. The IT department has submitted evidences in the court alleging their on going investigation has revealed that #AshokMittal and his family members holds several shell companies in foreign countries which is well known "tax havens".  

The LOC was opened in 2022 after IT authorities during raids found him to be in partnership with #NandKishoreChaturvedi, a notorious hawala dealer, presently on the run. The duo has invested around 29 crores in 2003 in #hotelroyalplazadelhi through their shell company #HillcrestRelaty---one of the six companies under IT radar---and misused their authorities to grab the hotel's management and operations and throw out #RPMittal, the hotel's original owner and promoter. The black money revelation has strengthened RP Mittal and his family case before the #NCLT against their illegal ouster. https://xpresstimes.in/delhi-high-court-upholds-loc-black-money-launderer-ashok-mittal-of-hotel-royal-plaza/; https://www.asianprimenews.com/news/ashok-mittal-and-wanted-hawala-dealer-nandkishore-chaturvedi-invested-in-hotel-royal-plaza-through-hillcrest-an-illicit-foreign-shell-company-according-to-an-it-probe/

The center of the IT probe into the hotel plaza involves the investment made through two benami companies  Hillcrest Realty, and Cardiff Limited. The history of the illegal takeover of Hotel Royal Plaza goes back to the ill-gotten tainted or black money of Rs. 28.29 crores of Ashok Mittal, which was channelled through money laundering with the help of  Nand Kishore Chaturvedi, to the Swiss bank account of Ashok Mittal's son Vikram Mittal, who had in turn laundered it to a company called Cardiff Ltd. 

Details of  IT raids on #NandKishoreChaturvedi are here: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/income-tax-dept-raids-hawala-operator-nandkishore-chaturvedi-entities-several-states-2390183-2023-06-08 and his partner #AshokMittal here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i-t-dept-raids-hotel-royal-plazas-chairman-for-stashing-rs-40-crore-abroad/articleshow/93074759.cms; Subsequently opening of #LOC by IT department against Ashok Mittal is here: https://www.outlookindia.com/business-spotlight/delhi-high-court-upholds-loc-black-money-launderer-ashok-mittal-of-hotel-royal-plaza-by-abhinav-sharma-news-334756

This is how #ashokmittal, #vikrammittal and #nandkishorechaturvedi laundered their ill-gotten black money ing of Rs 28.29 crores, as under:

FIRST: Tranche Date Amount From To First 01.04.2003: $250000 (Rs. 11.79 crore) Vikram Mittal Swiss Account Cardiff Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) 03.04.2003* $ 2500500 Cardiff Ltd. Hillcrest (Rs. 11.78 crore) (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia 11.04.2003* $ 2500000 (Rs. 11.78 crore) Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia Hotel Queen Road Pvt. Ltd.

SECOND: On April 22, 2003: $250000 (Rs. 11.79 crore). Vikram Mittal Swiss Account Cardiff Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) 21.04.2003* $ 2500500 (Rs. 11.78 crore) Cardiff Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia 24.04.2013* $ 2500000 (Rs. 11.78 crore) Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia Hotel Queen Road Pvt. Ltd.

THIRD: On June 26, 2003, $ 999995 (Rs. 4.72 crore) Vikram Mittal Cardiff Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) 24.06.2003* $ 1000000 (Rs. 4.72 crore) Cardiff Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia) Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia 24.06.2003* $ 1000000 (Rs. 4.72 crore) Hillcrest Hotel Queen Road Pvt. Ltd. On the strength of the preference shares, Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia, acquired voting rights in Hotel Royal Plaza and was ultimately able to illegally take over the control of Hotel Royal Plaza. 

The preference shares were issued for 20 years, and therefore, w.e.f. July 20, 2023, the preference shares ceased to exist, and the voting rights given to the preference share holder also ceased to exist. Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia, took over the control of Hotel Royal Plaza via court orders dated July 14, 2009, and July 20, 2009, and constituted the Board of Directors of Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia. Since Hillcrest Reality SDN. BHD., Malaysia, ceased to hold any preference shares in Hotel Royal Plaza w.e.f. July 20, 2023, Hotel Royal Plaza is currently without a validly appointed board of directors. Ram Parshotam Mittal, alleging to hold 99.99% equity in Hotel Royal Plaza, has now knocked on the doors of NCLT by filing interim applications to take over control and management of the hotel. R.P. Mittal Group and Ashok Mittal are anxiously eyeing the ruling of the NCLT. https://www.republicworld.com/business/industry/nclt-to-rule-on-fate-of-historic-royal-plaza-hotel-in-ownership-dispute.news

For more details on shares structures read this: https://ashokmittalhotelplaza.blogspot.com/2023/12/jeetega-corruption-meetaga-public.html