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ED rejects interim bail plea by I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel

ED rejects interim bail plea by I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel

A Delhi court on Tuesday denied interim bail to Vinesh Chandel, director and co-founder of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), in connection with a money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel were produced before the judge on April 14 after ED arrested him in West Bengal Coal case. (ANI Video Grab) Chandel had sought interim bail citing the deteriorating health of his 74-year-old mother, who is reportedly suffering from dementia. Additional sessions judge Shefali Barnala Tandon of Patiala House Court rejected the plea, ruling that the request did not meet the threshold of “exceptional humanitarian grounds” necessary for granting interim bail. The court underlined that it was not insensitive to the medical vulnerability of elderly parents, but the material on record did not indicate any sudden or life-threatening emergency requiring the accused’s immediate presence. The court further observed that no evidence was presented to show that the mother’s medical needs could not be managed through hospitalisation, professional care, or assistance from other family members. According to the Enforcement Directorate, …