Naresh Goyal tells court he has lost every hope of life, ‘better to die in jail’

Naresh Goyal, founder of Jet Airways, tearfully pleads to court to "allow him to die in jail" due to health issues & family illness.

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, an accused in the alleged fraud of ₹538 crore at Canara Bank, on Saturday told a special court here with “folded hands” that he had “lost every hope of life” and it will be “better if he dies in jail” than living in his present condition.

The septuagenarian, who turned teary-eyed, submitted that he misses his wife Anita very badly and said she is in the advanced stage of cancer, according to court records.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Goyal on September 1 last year in connection with the alleged bank fraud. He is currently in judicial custody at Arthur Road jail here.

Goyal had moved a bail application before special judge M G Desphande.

He was produced before the court on Saturday and during the proceedings Goyal requested for a few minutes of personal hearing, which the judge allowed.

As per the court’s 'roznama' (record of daily hearings), Goyal with folded hands and “continuous tremors in his whole body” submitted that “his health is very bad and precarious”.

The businessman said that his wife is bedridden and their only daughter too is unwell. The jail staff has their limitations in helping him, said Goyal.