ED gets 6-day custody of Ratul Puri in money laundering case

New Delhi: A Delhi Court Tuesday allowed the custodial interrogation of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, for six days, in the money laundering case related to a bank loan fraud.
Special Judge Sanjay Garg also directed that Puri be given proper medical attention during his remand. “Fourteen days custody remand of the accused has been sought by the ED in order to unearth the larger conspiracy, find out the money trail of proceeds of crime, find out the involvement of other unknown accused persons and confront the accused with documents. Considering the overall facts and circumstances, six days custody remand of the accused is granted,” the court said.
ED, which arrested Puri Tuesday morning in the money laundering case, sought his 14-day custodial interrogation. The agency told the court that Puri was evading probe in the case. “He is known to be evasive and non cooperative. The way he was avoiding, we had no other option but to arrest him. Auditor’s report makes it clear that there was siphoning of money. From AugustaWestland accused Susen Mohan Gupta’s diaries, it was found that there was a huge amount of unaccounted money. We need custodial interrogation to decipher these,” the agency told the court.
It said that the trail of money was to be found and the proceeds of crime was also to be identified. (PTI)