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ED gets 7-Day Custody of Journalist Upendra Rai
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A Delhi court today granted the Enforcement Directorate seven days custody of journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court today granted the Enforcement Directorate seven days custody of journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.
Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh granted the remand to the ED, which had sought his custody for 14 days to question him about the alleged wrongdoings.
Special Public Prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, told the court that the accused was extorting money from various persons citing he had information against them as he was a journalist.
A huge amount involving thousands of crores of rupees was extorted, they alleged. Rai was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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