File photo NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s digital sleuths have been scouring the data on the mobile phone of Dharmesh Sangani, a Mumbai-based businessperson, who is facing probes also in UK and US for alleged gold smuggling.Enforcement Directorate sources were lucky to get hold of the phone of Sangani, who has diversified into the entertainment industry, that he had flung Thursday from his 13th storey apartment as a team from the agency closed in on him.”The device seems to have survived the fall and could hold clues vital to our investigation,” said sources in the anti money-laundering agency which had been on Sangani’s trail for months following a report from US authorities alleging seizure of jewellery of more than Rs 30 crore last year from Dharmesh Sangani.Sources said Sangani’s phone could help with the investigation into what is suspected to be a larger gold smuggling and money laundering operation spanning UAE, the US, Canada and other tax havens and potentially involving some “influential” people in Mumbai.The ED’s present search has been conducted to probe violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) against Kalanee Impex Pvt Ltd, its directors Dharmesh Sangani, Narendra Sangani and Rajeeta Dharmesh Sangani.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosBig Setback To Mamata Banerjee As Loyalist Anubrata Mandal Joins Ritabrata-Led Rebel CampOperation Lotus In Kashmir? CM Omar Abdullah Claims BJP Offered NC MLAs Rs 20-30 Crore In JammuSIA Kashmir Secures Interpol Red Corner Notice Against Hizbul Terrorist KandooWhat India Gained From PM Modi’s New Zealand Visit: Defence, Trade, Indo-Pacific & More15 Indian Tourists Confirmed Dead As Speedboat Capsizes Off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc IslandSonam Wangchuk Rejects ‘Modern Gandhi’ Label As Hunger Strike Enters Fourteenth Day In DelhiSupriya Sule Dismisses Pawar-Shinde Meeting Row, Calls It A ‘Storm In A Tea Cup’ Amid SpeculationINS Mahendragiri Joins Indian Navy, Boosting Maritime Power Amid Indo-Pacific Challenges | WatchHighway Blocked, Resignations Threatened As BJP Faces Backlash Over Ticket Choice In MPNEET Paper Leak Traced To Contracted Paper Setters, Charge Sheet Likely This Month | Watch123PhotostoriesWhy India is facing a diabetes explosion: Stanford’s top 2% scientist reveals the hidden reasons Indians develop it younger than the rest of the worldHow hand-painted Kalamkari is created: The story behind India’s legendary textile artFrom Priyanka Chopra to Ananya Panday: 5 best Wimbledon looks ever worn by Indian celebritiesChristopher Nolan’s best films to watch, ahead of ‘The Odyssey’: From ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Memento’10 foods that quietly contain too much saltWHO warns global cancer cases could nearly double by 2050; lifestyle changes, pollution and delayed diagnosis are fueling the riseAnkur Warikoo’s viral post on love after 20 years of marriage is striking a chord online10 foods that originated in India but became famous around the worldAlia Bhatt elevates a classic silk saree with modern draping at Akansha Ranjan Kapoor’s wedding festivitiesStylish Shubman Gill joins Anjali Sachin Tendulkar at Wimbledon 2026; fans ask, ‘Where is Sara?’123Hot PicksTravis Kelce and Taylor SwiftBlake LivelyAlex OvechkinJayden Adams DeathAlex PereiraJayden Adams Net WorthNico HischierStrait of HormuzSimone BilesTop TrendingWilliam NylanderVietnam Boat AccidentTelangana Techie Wife MurderFIFA World Cup 2026Chhattisgarh Student MurderTS EAMCET Phase 1 seat allotmentRamesh MhatreDelhi NCR rainGurgaon EncounterIran war
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s digital sleuths have been scouring the data on the mobile phone of Dharmesh Sangani, a Mumbai-based businessperson, who is facing probes also in UK and US for alleged gold smuggling.Enforcement Directorate sources were lucky to get hold of the phone of Sangani, who has diversified into the entertainment industry, that he had flung Thursday from his 13th storey apartment as a team from the agency closed in on him.“The device seems to have survived the fall and could hold clues vital to our investigation,” said sources in the anti money-laundering agency which had been on Sangani’s trail for months following a report from US authorities alleging seizure of jewellery of more than Rs 30 crore last year from Dharmesh Sangani.Sources said Sangani’s phone could help with the investigation into what is suspected to be a larger gold smuggling and money laundering operation spanning UAE, the US, Canada and other tax havens and potentially involving some “influential” people in Mumbai.The ED’s present search has been conducted to probe violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) against Kalanee Impex Pvt Ltd, its directors Dharmesh Sangani, Narendra Sangani and Rajeeta Dharmesh Sangani.
