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A special PMLA court on Thursday remanded Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal to 14-day custody in a money laundering case related to an alleged Rs 538 crore in Canara Bank.
The court accepted Goyal's request to send him to Arthur Road Jail in South Mumbai.
On September 1, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Goyal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a lengthy interrogation at the central agency's office here.
The 74-year-old businessman was produced before Special Judge MG Deshspande for cases made under PMLA on Thursday.
The court arrested him as the investigating agency did not need further arrest. The court also accepted Goyal's request to send him to Arthur Road Jail in Byculla instead of Taloja Jail in Navi Mumbai.
Subsequently, Goyal submitted a statement stating that he was suffering from a number of health problems and requested that he be allowed daily medical check-ups with his family doctor, specialists, and private doctors and that he be provided with regular treatment options during that time. . stay in prison
In the application, Goyal said he has coronary heart disease and underwent surgery at the Asian Heart Institute to "treat an 80 percent blockage in the left main artery, a life-threatening condition."
According to his claim, he also has hypertension, diabetes, limited mobility, severe shoulder injury, and neck pain from a fall in June 2022.
In another application, Goyal searched for suitable beds every day, considering his illness and home food according to his diet. The court asked the prosecutor to express his opinion on Goyal's statements.
The money laundering case stems from an FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jet Airways, Goyal, his wife Anita, and some former executives of the private airline in the alleged Rs 538 crore scam. Canary Bank.
The FIR was filed on the bank's complaint alleging that it had sanctioned credits and loans to Jet Airways (India) Ltd to the tune of Rs 848.86 crore, of which Rs 538.62 crore was outstanding.