A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the custodial interrogation of the NRI businessman CC Thampi for three days. Thampi has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as he has been in connection with money laundering probe against Robert Vadra in a case that is related to acquisition of alleged illegal assets abroad.
Arvind Kumar who is a special judge of the Central Bureau of Investigation has extended the custody of Thampi at the hands of the Enforcement Directorate in the case that involved Vadra, the son- in- law of the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Amit Mahajan who is the advocate of the Enforcement Directorate has said that the probe was incomplete and taking CC Thampi into custody was further required in order to confront him with various persons and documents.
However, the names of the people who will be asked to join the investigation have not been disclosed.
The accused was produced before the court after the expiration of his 3- day custody by the Enforcement Directorate which has been granted earlier.
The case has been filed as the allegations were made of money laundering in the purchase of a London- based property which is located at 12, Bryanston Square which is of worth 1.9 million pounds. The property is said to be allegedly owned by Robert Vadra.
ED told the court that the interrogation of CC Thampi was necessary in order to dig out the larger conspiracy with which the case is surrounded, as it seeks further custody of Thampi.
The advocates N K Matta and Atul Tripathi has told the courts that the Enforcement Directorate has not been successful in completing the probe in the last three days and has mentioned that there were many other essential documents which ought to be considered and more people will be asked to join the investigation. However the names of the people were not disclosed.
The court has also been told that the pre- arrest bail of Robert Vadra who is a co- accused and Manoj Arora who is a close aide of Vadra has been challenged.
The agency has further submitted the absconding of Sanjay Bhandari who is another co- accused and therefore he has been issued with a Red Corner Notice.
Raju Ramachandran who is a senior advocate has said that the accused has already spent more than 80 hours before the agency and had already made 16 appearances, as he opposed the application that has been made by the enforcement Directorate.
Ramachandran has said that Thampi was willing to appear before the agency and has also mentioned Thampi having medical ailments.
The case relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a property that is allegedly owned by Robert Vadra and which is a London- based property, that is located at 12, Bryanston Square worth 1.9 million pounds.
