A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, granted conditional bail to the suspended youth Trinamul Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January 2023 in connection with the cash-for-school job case.
A spokesperson of the ED said in a press statement on Tuesday that both the accused were produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the office of a lottery company owner's office-cum-residence and discovered around Rs 3 crore during a 33-hour raid at Lake Market area.
Sources said that the ED officials, on Friday morning, brought a currency counting machine from a nearby bank branch in order to count the cash recovered.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian for their alleged involvement in facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking into India.
The federal probe agency had asked for seven-day custody of the AAP chief, but the court said he has to be produced before it on April 1.
Kejriwal's wife had claimed that the Delhi chief minister would "expose" the alleged liquor policy scam in court on Thursday when his ED custody ends.
The anti-money laundering agency conducted preliminary investigations into the matter before registering the ECIR.
The high court has given time to the ED till April 2 to file its reply to the Delhi CM's application seeking immediate release from ED custody as also on the main petition.
Kejriwal said that the ED has violated his fundamental and human rights and argued that the probe agency has failed to establish guilt of the petitioner.
