Government Appoints ED's Special Public Prosecutor for Money Laundering Cases Across India:

The Central Government has appointed an Assistant Legal Advisor, as the Special Public Prosecutor to represent and conduct legal cases on behalf of ED in Special Courts.

Appointment Made Under PMLA and BNSS Provisions

Saloni Kumari

Sep 5, 2025

Last update on Sep 5, 2025

Government Appoints ED's Special Public Prosecutor for Money Laundering Cases Across India The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) has recently issued an official notification dated September 04, 2025, notifying that the Central Government has appointed Shri Ankush Kumar Prajapati, who holds the position of Assistant Legal Advisor, as the Special Public Prosecutor. His role will be to represent and conduct legal cases on behalf of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Special Courts set up under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, across the country (India). The central government has performed this action in exercise of its powers granted under sub-section (1) of section 46 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), read with clause (v) of sub-section (1) of section 2 and sub-section (8) of section 18 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023). This decision has been recorded under file number F. No. C-18016/3/2022-Ad.ED (Part-1), and the notification has been issued by Shri Shankar Lal Kumawat, who is a Director in the Ministry. Refer to the official notification for complete information.

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