SC to hear Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren’s pleas challenging ED arrest today
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear both the petitions.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday morning arrested a manager of the Kotak Mahindra Bank for his alleged links with hawala trader Parasmal Lodha and Delhi-based lawyer Rohit Tandon.
Sources in the ED said that the branch manager, Aakash, was arrested for allegedly converting over Rs.25 crore in demonetised notes linked to industrialist J Sekhar Reddy and lawyer Rohit Tandon.
On December 23, the Income Tax department also carried out raids at the bank branch here.
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Akash, a resident of Haryana, would be produced in a Delhi court on Wednesday afternoon.
Lodha, a leading businessman with interests in real estate and mining, was intercepted at the Mumbai airport while he was trying to flee to Malaysia.
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