The next hearing into the matter has been scheduled on December 19. Earlier on December 10, the court extended the ED custody of the accused for four days. She was arrested by the ED on December 2.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Congress Himachal Pradesh in-charge Rajeev Shukla and some other Congress leaders were also present during the courtesy meeting.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday after Sukhu called on Governor RV Arlekar and staked claim to form the government in the hill-state, Kamlesh Kumari, wife of the CM-designate, said, "We are feeling good. I am thankful to the people of the state and the Congress high-command. I will go to Shimla on Sunday."
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, along with other senior Congress leaders on Saturday arrived at Raj Bhawan to meet Governor RV Arlekar and stake claim to form the government in the state.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the high command has chosen Sukhu as leader of the legislature party and Mukesh Agnihotri will be Deputy Chief Minister.
A Raipur court on Saturday extended by four more days the custody of Soumya Chaurasia, Deputy Secretary of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case.
Cash, jewellery, flats, coal washeries and plots belonging to arrested Chhattisgarh government bureaucrats like IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's Deputy Secretary Saumya Chaurasia, and others have been attached in the alleged coal levy scam money laundering case, the ED said Saturday.