ED visits Bengaluru man who claimed to have imported Rs 50-crore dog
Bengaluru, Apr 18 (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday visited the house of a man here to conduct a potential search for violation of foreign exchange rules after he claimed to have imported a Rs 50 crore dog.
The assertion, however, was found to be fake.
Sources told PTI that the officials of the federal probe agency found that the man "had no means" to purchase such a costly canine, and such reports were "just created" for possible social media engagement.
The man, according to reports, had claimed that he had imported the "world's most expensive" dog -- a cross-breed of a Caucasian Shepherd and Wolf. The claim gained prominence on social media, inviting the ED's glare.
Officials of the federal probe agency, acting on this open-source information, reached his home to verify the claims, only to find that they were fake.
The dog, whose pictures were also circulated widely on social media, was owned by his neighbour and was not worth "even a lakh (of rupees)", they said.
The agency has not initiated any probe under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the sources said.
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Can't help economies of nations working against India: Dhankhar
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New Delhi (PTI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said that people cannot help economies of nations, through import or travel, that are inimical to the interests of India.
His remarks came amid trade and tourism boycott of Turkiye and Azerbaijan following their support to Pakistan in the conflict with India after Operation Sindoor.
Addressing an event here, the vice president said every individual is empowered to help the nation in security. Trade, business, commerce, and industry in particular can play a pivotal role in security issues, he observed.
"Can we afford to empower countries that are inimical to our interests? Time has come when each one of us must deeply think about economic nationalism," he said.
Dhankhar said, "We can no longer afford, by travel or import, to improve economies of those countries because of our participation. And those countries, in times of crisis, are positioned against us."
He said everything has to be reckoned on the fulcrum of unflinching commitment to nationalism.
Turkiye has backed Pakistan and condemned India's strikes on terror camps in the neighbouring country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor.
Pakistan also used Turkish drones on a large scale during the military conflict with India. Azerbaijan had also expressed support for Pakistan.
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