PMLA Court to hear DKShi's bail application on Friday
New Delhi: PMLA Court in New Delhi will on Friday hear the bail application of former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar who has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate on alleged money laundering case. Shivakumar’s ED custody ends tomorrow.
A day before his ED custody ended, Shivakumar’s daughter Aishwarya was summoned before the ED following which she appeared before the authorities for questioning.
Shivakumar will be presented before the court on Friday as his ED custody ends. His lawyer will reportedly seek his bail, which if granted will come as a breather to the Congress leader. ED on the other hand is expected to seek extension of Shivakumar’s custody for continuing the probe. The court is likely to grant extension of custody to the ED.
Among other possibilities, Shivakumar might also secure bail after submitting his passport to the court barring him to leave the country. The possibility of judicial custody can also be not ruled out on Friday. If sent to Judicial Custody, Shivakumar might also share Tihar jail with another senior Congress leader P Chidambaram.
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Baramati plane crash: CID questions VSR Ventures owner
Pune (PTI): The Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department on Thursday questioned V K Singh, owner of VSR Ventures, which operated the aircraft involved in the Baramati crash that killed deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, a CID officer said.
“The statement of V K Singh is being recorded,” said the CID officer, without disclosing more details about the questioning, which was still underway.
A Learjet 45 aircraft, operated by VSR Ventures, crashed near the Baramati air strip in Pune district on January 28, killing Pawar and four others.
After the plane crash, an accidental death report was registered at the Baramati Taluka police station, and the case was later transferred to the Pune CID. Earlier, the state agency had said that its focus was to ascertain if sabotage or criminal negligence led to the Baramati tragedy.
Days before V K Singh's questioning, the CID had sent a set of questions to VSR Ventures in connection with its investigation into the plane crash, according to a source.
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar had alleged on Wednesday that someone was trying to save VSR Ventures, and claimed that a preliminary probe by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) vindicated the doubts earlier raised by him.
In its 22-page preliminary report on the air tragedy, the AAIB said the visibility at the time of the crash was below the required level. It also flagged fading marks on the runway and the presence of loose gravel on the runway surface.
A few days ago, Ajit Pawar’s son Jay Pawar had shared a purported video on social media alleging that V K Singh's son Rohit Singh was seen dozing off in the chief pilot’s seat during a flight, and demanded his immediate arrest.
He had also demanded that all aircraft of VSR Ventures be grounded till the inquiry into his father’s plane crash is completed.
