A court in Jammu on Tuesday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh by five days in a money laundering case.
Singh was arrested on November 7 after his anticipatory bail application was dismissed by a special court. He is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a case against an educational trust run by his wife and former legislator Kanta Andotra.
The ED has filed an objection to Singh’s post-arrest bail plea, which is pending in the court of the principal sessions judge, Jammu.
The money laundering case stems from a CBI charge sheet filed in October 2021, which alleged that Singh connived with others to issue land to the trust without mentioning that the trust was violating the ceiling limit of 100 standard kanals imposed under the Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976. As a result, the trust was able to acquire multiple pieces of land of about 329 kanals.
Singh’s custody has been extended by five days to allow the ED to continue its investigation. He will be produced before the court again on November 18.
