National
Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s son Vivek Doval on Monday filed a criminal
defamation complaint against ‘The Caravan’ magazine for publishing a defamatory
article “with mala fide intentâ€, the article’s writer, Kaushal Shroff, and
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for addressing a press conference on the basis of
the report “without verifying the factsâ€. The
matter has been listed for hearing on on Tuesday. On
January 16, The Caravan had published an article, “The D Companiesâ€, which
stated that “Ajit Doval’s sons run a web of companies including a Cayman
Islands hedge fund even as father demands crackdown on tax havensâ€. It
alleged that the fund headed by Vivek Doval, based in the Cayman Islands, was
involved in laundering black money and routing it to India after demonetization
was implemented in 2016. In the
complaint, Doval stated that the idea of starting a hedge fund was formed back
in 2013 with his friend Amit Sharma in London. After several deliberations with
stakeholders, the fund commenced in 2016, with several reputed businessmen on
board. His
complaint further stated that the announcement of demonetization and the firm’s
launch, “though proximate in time, are two completely independent events, none
being related to other, even remotelyâ€.
NSA’s son Vivek Doval hits back at muckrakers
By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-21 10:48:47
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s son Vivek Doval on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against ‘The Caravan’ magazine for publishing a defamatory article “with mala fide intentâ€, the article’s writer, Kaushal Shroff, and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for addressing a press conference on the basis of the report “without verifying the factsâ€. The matter has been listed for hearing on on Tuesday.
On January 16, The Caravan had published an article, “The D Companiesâ€, which stated that “Ajit Doval’s sons run a web of companies including a Cayman Islands hedge fund even as father demands crackdown on tax havensâ€.
It alleged that the fund headed by Vivek Doval, based in the Cayman Islands, was involved in laundering black money and routing it to India after demonetization was implemented in 2016.
In the complaint, Doval stated that the idea of starting a hedge fund was formed back in 2013 with his friend Amit Sharma in London. After several deliberations with stakeholders, the fund commenced in 2016, with several reputed businessmen on board.
His complaint further stated that the announcement of demonetization and the firm’s launch, “though proximate in time, are two completely independent events, none being related to other, even remotelyâ€.
