LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, April 18: The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court today deferred date of framing charge in the “cash for PIL” case. The legal exercise which was expected to be done today will now be done on April 27.
The date was deferred after both the accused of the case could not appear in the court.
There are two accused in the case. They include Jharkhand High Court advocate Rajeev Kumar and Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal. It is being alleged that Agrawal gave Rs 50 lakh to Rajeev Kumar to drop his name from the PIL respondents’ list. Advocate Kumar is accused of accepting the same amount.
The West Bengal police had arrested advocate Kumar after the same amount was recovered from his possession. Later, the ED arrested Agrawal. Both are now on bail.
Both had filed a discharge petition before the court but it was rejected.
