Court issues notice to ED on Ratul Puri's bail plea New Delhi'

A Delhi court has sought response from Enforcement Directorate on bail plea of Ratul Puri, nephew of Mhya Presh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to VVIP chopper scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued tice to ED and directed it to file a reply byvember 22, when court will next hear matter.

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Puri moved bail plea through vocate Vijay Agarwal on Saturday, saying he was t required for furr investigation and purpose will be served by keeping him in custody.

Enforcement Directorate recently filed a supplementary Prosecution Complaint against Ratul Puri and Jaspreet Ahuja in ?3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.

In January 2014, India h scrapped a contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, Agustawestland, for supplying 12 VVIP choppers to Indian Air Force, over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks worth?423 crore being paid to secure deal. 

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