AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, lawyer custody extended

NEW DELHI: A court here on Monday extended by five days the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the case relating to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, in a fresh money laundering case. He was presented before Special Judge Arvind Kumar who allowed the ED to quiz him for another five days. Khaitan was arrested on Friday, a week after the Income Tax Department raided his offices and various other properties in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The ED told the court that they have found evidence of different entries in his various accounts and that needed probing. (IANS)

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