AgustaWestland case: Delhi HC grants interim protection from arrest to Ratul Puri till Aug 20

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to businessman Ratul Puri till August 20 in connection with a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.A single-member bench of Justice Sunil Gaur heard arguments on his anticipatory bail plea in detail and asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file a status report of the case against Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.The court asked the probe agency to mention the extent of attachment made by the Income Tax Department in connection with the case along with Puri's role in the case.The ED has also been ordered to state the reasons for seeking the custodial interrogation of Puri.Puri's counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vijay Aggrawal argued that their client was neither an accused nor was mentioned in the main complaint."Puri is neither accused in the main complaint nor named in the 5th supplementary. Puri was made to join the probe based on the statement of Rajiv