The ED has asked the Church’s apostolic administrator, Mar Andrews Thazhath, and procurator Mar Jacob Manathottam to appear before it this week with all documents related to the controversial deal in which the cardinal had allegedly played a major role. Two months after making the statement, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a probe into the sources of alleged black money involved in a land scam. The cardinal’s response was mild even when several Christians were killed in the ongoing communal flare-up in Manipur.Ĭut to the present. He remained silent when Christians were targeted across the country, for allegedly engaging in religious conversion. He has been soft towards the BJP and RSS ever since the scam became public in 2016.
They felt the statement was part of a move to preempt a probe by central investigation agencies into a multi-crore land scam involving the cardinal.
