A court docket right here on Monday prolonged by two days the ED custody of three folks, together with Lava International MD Hari Om Rai, arrested in a cash laundering case towards Chinese smartphone maker Vivo.

Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala prolonged the custody of Lava Mobile firm’s managing director Rai, Nitin Garg and Chinese nationwide Guangwen Kuang until October 18, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was in a position to make out the case for grant of additional custody remand.

The accused have been produced earlier than the court docket on completion of their ED custody granted earlier.

There seems to be continuity within the stand taken by Enforcement Directorate with regard to extraction of digital information and the accused individuals to be confronted with the identical.

Therefore, contemplating the settled rules of regulation and Delhi High Court Rules, I’m of the thought of opinion that the Enforcement Directorate is ready to make out the case for grant of additional custody remand, the choose mentioned.

The court docket directed that the interrogation be carried out at a spot having CCTV protection and the footage be preserved.

The accused individuals shall be medically examined as soon as in each 48 hours throughout the above interval they usually shall even be permitted to fulfill their advocates for half an hour each day between 6 pm and seven pm throughout the mentioned interval of their ED custody in a way that the ED officers usually are not in a position to hear their conversations, the court docket mentioned.

The accused have been arrested beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The company had raided the Chinese firm and people linked to it in July final 12 months, claiming to have busted a serious cash laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and a number of Indian firms.

The ED had then alleged {that a} whopping Rs 62,476 crore was “illegally” transferred by Vivo to China in an effort to keep away from paying taxes in India.

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