PMLA case: Court sends businessman to 3-day ED custody

NEW DELHI: A court here today sent a Delhi- based businessman, arrested in connection with the note ban money laundering probe against lawyer Rohit Tandon and others, to a three-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate ( ED).

Additional Sessions Judge R K Tripathi remanded Yogesh Mittal, a resident of Model Town area, in the agency's custody till June 9.

During the proceedings, the counsel for the ED Vikas Garg had sought a 14-day remand of Mittal, contending it was needed to unearth the conspiracy.

The agency had arrested Mittal yesterday evening for his alleged role in illegal conversion of demonetised currency worth Rs 51 crore in "connivance" with Tandon, a suspended Kotak Mahindra bank manager and an another person who acted as entry operator or illegal fund router.