While the preventive detention order was issued in 2010, Hussain’s case files went missing from the Madras High Court and were traced only in 2023, after which he was arrested by the DRI.
The Court made it clear that a detenu can only demand documents after he states why and in what manner such documents are relevant for his meaningful representation in the case.
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 12 (ANI): Kerala gold smuggling case accused Sandeep Nair has alleged that some Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials had pressurised him to name Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case.
This was revealed in a letter that he sent to Ernakulam District Sessions Judge. The three-paged letter came out on Friday.
He alleged in the letter, The ED officials forced me to also name the son of a senior politician in the controversial case. The officials offered me help to get bail and other matters if I act as per their demand.
Kerala CM’s ex-principal secretary M Sivasankar and a leading jeweller from Delhi, both accused in separate gold smuggling cases, have for now escaped the stringent Cofeposa Act.
NEW DELHI: Kerala CM’s ex-principal secretary M Sivasankar and a leading jeweller from Delhi, both accused in separate gold smuggling cases, have for now escaped the stringent Cofeposa Act, under which there is no trial or bail for one year, while nine of their alleged accomplices have been arrested and are facing confiscation of all their assets.
Arrested under Cofeposa (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act), an accused is detained for one year without trial. Completion of one year in jail allows central agencies to confiscate assets of the accused, his relatives and associates.