SC orders arrest of money launderer Hasan Ali Khan
17 Mar 2011
New Delhi: Acting on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate the country's apex court has ordered the arrest of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan in connection with a massive money laundering scam. Accused of stashing astronomical sums of unaccounted money abroad, Hasan Ali has now been remanded in the Enforcement Directorate's custody for four days, during which he will be questioned.
Hasan Ali's acquaintances have said that they came in touch with him thanks to references provided by a Congress ex-chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Vijay Bhaskar Reddy.
The Enforcement Directorate earlier today moved the apex court after a Mumbai court rejected their plea for Khan's custodial interrogation.
A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and SS Nijjar took up the plea at 2pm.
The bench had earlier hauled up the Centre for failing to subject Khan and other alleged money launderers to custodial interrogation.
Khan is facing a Rs70,000 crore tax demand notice from the Income Tax department as well as an ED probe into the sources of his money.
53-year old Khan was finally arrested on 7 March after being the ED was hauled over the coals by the Supreme Court for its failure to show any progress in the matter, even years after the first allegations were made.
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