DA case: LIC agent seeks regular bail

New Delhi, November 30

LIC agent Anand Chauhan, chargesheeted in a money laundering case allegedly involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, today moved a special court seeking bail.

Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file a response on his application by December 15, when it will hear the matter.

The accused, who is currently out on an interim bail till December 5, claimed he should be granted regular bail as he was not required for the purpose of investigation and has already spent over a year in prison since his arrested in July last year under the provisions of Unlawful Activies Prevention Act. The accused was earlier denied the similar relief from the court and later the Delhi high court had also denied to granted him bail in the matter. — PTI