According to reports on Friday, the Enforcement Directorate searched a Mumbai-based film producer connected to actor Shekhar Suman and his business on suspicion of possessing concealed foreign assets, export revenue breaches, and other purported irregularities.
In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema), the central agency searched Kalanee Impex Ltd. and its director, Dharmesh Sangani, on Thursday in Mumbai.
Sangani has been under investigation for allegedly managing international bank accounts in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. Suman supported Sangani’s co-founding of a film academy. His connections to the Shekhar Suman Film Academy are also being looked at, according to officials.
Suman recently started a political satire program called Shekhar Tonite, where he has been making fun of the Narendra Modi government for structural shortcomings including the rupee’s decline and the NEET-UG test paper leaks.
During the search, Sangani reportedly hurled his cell phone from the thirteenth floor of a building, which the investigators subsequently found and confiscated, according to an ED official. Sangani is accused of attempting to destroy evidence in a complaint that the ED has filed with the Mumbai police.
Sangani and his business have not yet made any statements on the investigation.
“The firm had not received an extension of time from the authorized dealer bank, and export profits from some foreign purchasers were not realized. During the searches against the firm and Sangani, documents pertaining to concealed foreign assets and bank accounts were also discovered, according to an ED officer.
Additionally, according to the agency, Sangani possessed a “substantial” number of shares in a Canadian firm that was “undisclosed.” According to officials, “undisclosed” international bank accounts from the US, Canada, and the UAE had been found in this instance.
Receiving export revenues from third parties other than the consignee or buyer listed on export invoices or shipping bills was discovered by the ED inquiry.
According to the agency spokesman, several transactions involving the accused were being looked at by US customs officials. They claimed that around 7.4 kilogram of purportedly undeclared gold was taken from Sangani by UK border force agents in September 2026.
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