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The accused was extradited from Dubai in December 2018 and has been in custody since then, his counsel had said, adding that the probe against him was yet to be concluded
The action is being taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the officials said.
They said the raids were being conducted against Sushen Mohan Gupta, an accused named in the case, and his relative and prominent Pune-based industrialist
The ED, in its plea, has claimed that the trial court has not appreciated all the documents put on record while granting relief to Puri
On January 5, Michel was sent to judicial custody in the ED case
Special judge Arvind Kumar also allowed Puri to take medicines long with him to jail subject to the opinion of the jail doctor
Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by ED on December 22 last year
The Enforcement Directorate had on Wednesday arrested Puri and he was sent to one day judicial custody
Puri, already in judicial custody in a separate money laundering case related to an alleged bank loan fraud, was produced before a Delhi court
The order came a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail application in the case
Puri told special judge Arvind Kumar that he wrote some e-mails to the Enforcement Directorate expressing his desire to join the investigation but the agency did not respond
Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to both the agencies and directed them to file their response by August 19, when the court will hear the matter
Authorities said Ratul Puri is the beneficial owner of these benami held equity shares and has been charged under the relevant law
Michel had moved the court seeking bail in cases by the CBI and the ED, saying the charge sheet against him was not filed within the stipulated time frame of 60 days
A Delhi court hearing the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case had last week imposed restrictions on Michel meeting his lawyers in ED custody
In the VVIP chopper scam, Delhi Court also summons ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi among others on September 12
The court is likely to pass the order at 4 pm today
High court's order came on appeal of CBI challenging trial court's May 24 decision