<h1>Former minister faces charges for alleged money laundering via family firms and rent collection schemes, charges framed despite adjournment requests.</h1> Charges were framed under the anti-money-laundering statute against a former minister accused of laundering unlawfully usurped property through family-controlled firms, with the prosecution alleging proceeds were multiplied by collecting and legitimising rent via those entities; the special court framed charges despite adjournment requests, relying on higher-court directions requiring timely framing and day-to-day hearings when sufficient material exists.