Money Laundering Case: Deepak Talwar sent to 2-day Enforcement Directorate custody

A Delhi Court on Tuesday sent corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to two-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with a money laundering case.

The investigating agency informed the court that confrontation of Talwar with certain people was required. The court also pulled up the ED for not carrying summon papers, which were served to people Talwar was supposed to be confronted with. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also directed the ED to come prepared, otherwise he would ask them to maintain a case diary.

DP Singh, appearing on behalf of the ED, informed the court that confrontation of Talwar is required with Sanjeev Mittal, Rahul Khare and others. Singh also said that while some of the people he is to be confronted with have arrived, there are others who have been served a notice and confrontation with Talwar is required.

Tanveer Ahmed Mir, appearing on behalf of Talwar, told the court that the agency had been seeking his remand on repeated grounds as they had listed them previously when he was produced before the court.

Special Judge Bharat Parashar asked the ED officials to show the summons they had issued to people Talwar was to be confronted with. "You served a summon to someone for a day later, knowing that the custody of the accused was ending today. Why you called him tomorrow?" the judge questioned.

Before sending the accused to ED custody, the judge told the investigating agency to come prepared. "You are asking someone to send the summons on WhatsApp," the judge stated.