In the cases related to money laundering and illegal mining, there was a hearing on bail on behalf of various accused lodged in jail. In the money laundering case in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Court, the appearance of advocate Rajiv Kumar and businessman Amit Agarwal was done through video conferencing. Now the court has fixed November 11 for the next date for hearing of both of them.
On the other hand, suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal was also produced in the ED court through video conferencing. Jailed CA Suman Kumar and sacked Junior Engineer, Ram Binod Prasad Sinha were also produced with them. The court has extended the judicial custody of the three till November 2. Now the next appearance of the three is to be held on November 2.
In the money laundering case related to illegal mining, the appearance of accused Pankaj Mishra, Prem Prakash, Bacchu Yadav also took place through video conferencing. The hearing in the court in the case related to Prem Prakash has been completed. After hearing both the sides, the court has reserved its decision in the matter of Prem Prakash. The ED has already questioned Prem Prakash twice by taking him on remand for 6 days.
The ED had first raided 16 locations of Prem Prakash in the illegal mining case and later on August 25, the ED arrested Prem Prakash. The ED team had recovered two AK-47s and 60 bullets from the Argora residence during the raids on Prem Prakash's residences. Apart from this, many illegal properties and documents related to coal business were also recovered.
On the other hand, in the hearing held in the Pankaj Mishra and Bachchu Yadav case, the ED has sought time from the court to file its reply. Accepting this, the court has fixed November 9 for the next hearing.
On October 17, Mishra had filed a bail application. Earlier, ED had arrested Mishra on July 19. Mishra reached the ED office after sending the summons for the third time. The ED had arrested him, who was arrested in the illegal mining case, after eight hours of rigorous interrogation.
The ED team had issued summons to Mishra twice, but did not reach the ED office citing health. Earlier, the ED had seized the bank accounts of Mishra and his associates in Sahebganj. The ED team had seized more than Rs 36 crore in this case.