New Delhi: A Delhi court docket on Friday despatched Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Anubrata Mondal to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for additional 11 days in an alleged case of cattle smuggling case. ED has lately introduced him to Delhi after arresting him in a cash laundering case revolving round cattle smuggling case. The Special Judge Raghubir Singh on Friday allowed an ED plea for 11 days additional remand of Anubrata Mondal. ED via its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana argued that Mondal`s custodial interrogation is critical to confront him with a number of accused and witnesses within the case. Appearing for Mondal, Advocate Mudit Jain submitted that the investigations performed are closed doorways investigations with none sight go to, which makes them lazy and unenterprising. TMC chief Anubrata Mondal`s default bail plea was lately dismissed by the trial Court.Â
TMC Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal is alleged to be an in depth aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He was earlier arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the identical case on July 11. Recently ED arrested him within the alleged multi-crore cattle smuggling rip-off after questioning him contained in the Asansol jail the place he was lodged.
In the case, the court docket earlier famous that this case of ED relies upon the Scheduled Offence (CBI case), the proceedings of that are occurring there at Asansol, West Bengal in a CBI Court and a few accused have been operating into Judicial custody in reference to these proceedings of the CBI case.Â
During Sehegal Hussain`s (one other accused) listening to, the ED had agitated that sources for funding of immovable and movable property acquired by the accused are to be ascertained and for that goal, the accused is required to be confronted with sure different individuals together with his shut relation in order to hint the paths of tainted cash which allegedly runs into crores of rupees.Â
In April final yr, the trial court docket had taken cognizance of a chargesheet filed by ED in opposition to different accused naming former Trinamool Congress youth wing chief Vinay Mishra, his brother Vikas Mishra and Mohammad Enamul Haque, the alleged kingpin of a cattle smuggling racket throughout India-Bangladesh border.Â
The trial court docket famous that the prosecution criticism (Chargesheet) has been filed by the ED beneath Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 for the fee of an offence beneath Sections 3 and 70 of PMLA punishable beneath Section 4 of PMLA.Â
The trial court docket choose whereas taking cognizance of the ED Chargesheet, stated that he had gone via the criticism and the accompanying paperwork and there was enough materials to proceed in opposition to the accused. Accordingly, the cognizance of the offence beneath Sections 3 and 70 PMLA punishable beneath Section 4 PMLA was taken.
