Saket Gokhale

Saket Gokhale is an Indian political activist and current spokesperson of Trinamool Congress (TMC). He joined TMC in 2021.[1] He had also worked as a correspondent at the Financial Times, and at the Hindustan Times.[1]

In December 2022, he was arrested over a tweet for posting alleged misinformation about 2022 Morbi bridge collapse.[2] After getting bail from a metropolitan court in Ahmedabad, he was re-arrested over the same tweet in a matter of few hours.[3] On 10 December, he was freed on bail.[4]

In January 2023, Gokhale was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for money laundering. ED found that Gokhale, who collected over ₹1 crore through crowdfunding for various campaigns, had diverted over half of the funds towards buying mutual funds for himself and refused to disclose the source of ₹24 lakh that he received in cash.[5] ED told a special court in Ahmedabad that Gokhale had lost over ₹30 lakh in intraday trading in the stock market and used another ₹30 lakh for personal expenses including ₹6 lakh for purchasing liquor.[6][7]

References
  1. "RTI activist Saket Gokhale joins Trinamool Congress". The Indian Express. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  2. "TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale arrested over tweet on Morbi bridge". Hindustan Times. 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  3. "Saket Gokhale Arrest News: TMC's Saket Gokhale freed on bail, rearrested in Ahmedabad". The Times of India. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  4. https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/bail-for-saket-gokhale-after-second-arrest/cid/1903027
  5. "Now, ED arrests TMC's Saket Gokhale". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. "ED to court: TMC's Saket Gokhale used crowd fund on wining-dining, stock trading". The Indian Express. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. "Used campaign funds to purchase liquor: ED after TMC leader's arrest in money laundering case". India Today. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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