15/12/2026 The Supreme Court granted Mahesh Langa interim bail in the money laundering case against him and restrained him from writing articles related to the allegations. The court also directed the trial court to conduct the proceedings on a day-to-day basis and ordered the ED to submit a compliance status report.
12/06/2026 The Gujarat High Court dismissed journalist Mahesh Langa’s bail petition in the PMLA case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate. The court declined to exercise judicial discretion in his favor after hearing arguments that his release could prejudice the prosecution's case.
25/02/2025 The Enforcement Directorate arrested Gujarat-based journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering probe connected to alleged financial fraud and a GST input tax credit scam. Investigators alleged that he was involved in fraudulent transactions, extortion, and misuse of media influence to obscure the flow of funds. A special PMLA court in Ahmedabad granted the ED four days of custody.
23/01/2025 Gujarat police registered a new extortion case against Mahesh Langa, alleging that he demanded money from a real estate agent by threatening to damage the person’s reputation and implicate him in a false case. The complaint added to the series of criminal cases already pending against him after the earlier GST-related investigation.
