At own risk: Court allows Naresh Goyal to avail home-cooked food in prison

A special PMLA court here has allowed Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, an accused in an alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at Canara Bank, to have home-cooked food inside prison.

Goyal’s plea for home-cooked food was allowed by special judge for cases under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) M G Deshpande on Tuesday.

“Naresh Goyal is permitted to avail home cooked food on a daily basis, as prayed, at his own risk and risk of his family/relatives, until furr order,” court said.

Goyal is currently in judicial custody and lodged at Arthur Ro jail in south Mumbai in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud at Canara Bank.

Earlier, his lawyers h moved an application for home-cooked food along with a chart on Goyal’s health issues that y claimed h cropped up during his judicial custody.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Goyal on September 1 under PMLA following a long session of questioning at central agency’s office here.

money laundering case stems from an FIR of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jet Airways, Goyal, his wife Anita, and some former company executives of now-grounded private airline in connection with an alleged Rs 538-crore fraud at Canara Bank.

FIR was registered on bank’s complaint which alleged that it sanctioned credit and loans of Rs 848.86 crore to Jet Airways (India) Limited of which Rs 538.62 crore was outstanding.