Patiala House Court dismissed bail petition of former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife in a money laundering case.

New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 257 crore based in Gurugram, Goa, Chennai and other places in Unitech Group's money laundering case, the agency said on Thursday.

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The Supreme Court on Friday allowed ex-Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandras wife Preeti Chandra lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case to attend her maternal grandmothers funeral ceremony for a day between 10 am and 3 pm with conditionsA bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah asked Preeti Chandra to submit her Dominican Republic passport or any other passport that she has to the investigating officer before being allowed out of prisonThe bench ordered that she will not use any cell phone to communicate with anybody or access any other documents and that she will be escorted to the designated place by four Delhi Police personnel and officials of the Enforcement Directorate EDThe ED had opposed the relief saying she was a flight risk and has acquired citizenship of the Dominican Republic with which India has no extradition treaty and that the agency does not want to burn their hands by allowing her to flee the countryAdditional Solicitor General Madhavi Divan appearing for the ED said Preeti Chandra is a director in various shell companies of Unitech and was an active actor in the conspiracy of the money laundering operation being run from the UAEPreeti Chandra has claimed that her maternal grandmother expired on March 14 and she needed to attend the funeral ceremonies PTI MNL IJT

New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted permission to Preeti Chandra, wife of jailed Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra to attend her grandmother's last rites with condition that she will be escorted by police during the time and return the jail on the same day after attending the ceremony.

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Enforcement Directorate ED to file its reply on a plea filed by the wife of ex- Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra seeking interim bail to take part in the last rites of her grandmotherA bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that it would pass the order on Preeti Chandras plea on FridayAt the outset the ED expressed apprehension that Chandra may leave the country if granted bail and said it is better to be safe than be sorry Additional Solicitor General Madhavi Divan appearing for the ED opposed the bail plea and told the bench that Chandra was arrested when she was trying to leave the country and she is a flight riskDivan contended that Chandra has recently obtained citizenship of Dominican Republic which is not among the countries with which India has an extradition treatyThe ED had recently filed a fresh charge sheet before a court here in connection with its money laundering probe against realty group Unitech its promoter brothers Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra and othersSanjay Chandra Ajay Chandra Ramesh Chandra their father and founder of the Unitech group Preeti Chandra wife of Sanjay Chandra Rajesh Malik promoter of accused company Carnoustie group and 66 domestic and overseas companies have been arrayed as accused in the charge sheet PTI PKS ZMN