NDTV's Prannoy Roy charged with laundering ₹642 crore

NDTV founder Prannoy Roy on Saturday was charged with tax evasion and money laundering of ₹642 crore from 2007-08 to 2009-10 by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The then Ministry of Corporate Affairs had helped the NDTV owners in hiding financial information of the foreign shell companies that were used for money laundering, the tribunal said.