ED had already questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira.
The Delhi High Court has barred ED from taking further steps under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 against alleged journalist Rana Ayub in a money laundering case
The judge then asked ED why they had kept Raut in a windowless room. As per reports, the ED replied that the room is 'windowless' because it has air conditioning.
As per LiveLaw, the special court noted that the ECIR against Sanjay Raut's associate Pravin Raut was registered in 2021 and he was arrested in January 2022. It also noted that ED began investigating the case in 2020.
The court pointed out that ED officials are not 'police officials' and thus recording statements of the accused is not hit by the fundamental right against self-incrimination.