The Supreme Court on Thursday remanded Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan in Enforcement Directorate's custody for four days. The apex court pulled up the trial court judge who had granted bail to him dismissing the agency's plea for his remand in a money laundering case. A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said it was deeply disturbed at the manner in which the trial court judge had rejected the ED's contention and granted bail to Hasan Ali.The apex court said it was staying the trial court's order due to the extraordinary circumstances of the case.Khan is facing a Rs 70,000 crore tax demand notice from the Income-Tax Department as well as the Enforcement Directorate probe.The ED had arrested Khan on March 7 after being pulled up by the Supreme Court for its failure to ensure his custodial interrogation. But the trial court had let him off.
News On AIR | March 17, 2011 9:00 PM
Money laundering case: SC remands Hasan Ali in ED’s custody