New Delhi, July 13 -- A Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at Rouse Avenue Courts has dropped the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money laundering proceedings against former Member of Parliament Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal, and Abhishek Jayaswal, following their acquittal in the predicate CBI case relating to the Bandar coal block allocation.

Special Judge Sunena Sharma passed the order after noting that the accused had already been acquitted in the scheduled offence, which formed the basis of the ED's prosecution under the PMLA.

The ED had alleged that around Rs.24.6 crore transferred from entities linked to Manoj Kumar Jayaswal to a company associated with Vijay a...