Fertilizer scam: Delhi HC asks ED director to explain how grounds of arrest are conveyed
The Hindu
The case pertains to an alleged fertiliser scam linked to the IFFCO and India Potash Limited (IPL), in which the CBI had registered a corruption case in May
The Delhi High Court has asked the director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to explain how the grounds of arrest are informed to an arrested person and also the status of an Enforcement Case Information Report in an investigation carried out by the agency. The High Court’s order came while hearing a plea by the ED challenging a trial court’s order directing it to supply a copy of the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) to RJD Rajya Sabha MP Amarendra Dhari Singh, arrested in a money laundering case related to an alleged fertilizer scam. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice and asked Singh to respond to the plea by the ED seeking to set aside the trial court’s July 15 order directing that the copy of the ECIR to which the agency proceeded with the inquiry or investigation.More Related News