2 sent to judicial custody in cloud particle scam

The Director of Vuenow Marketing Services, an IT infrastructure firm, and his wife, who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged case of money laundering, have been sent to 14-day judicial remand. The case pertains to a Rs 3,500-crore cloud particle scam, which is being probed by the ED, Jalandhar.

The court of Nirbhow Singh Gill, Special PMLA Judge, Jalandhar, sent the two accused, Sukhwinder Kharod and his wife Dimple Kharod, to judicial remand.

The couple was reportedly arrested from the Delhi airport on February 28. The ED is probing a credit entry of Rs 40.85 crore in Dimple’s account. Forensic experts are also trying to extract information from her mobile phone and other digital devices.

Another accused in the case, Arif Nasir, who was arrested from a hotel near the Delhi airport on February 26 and was in remand in Jalandhar, too has been sent to judicial custody. He held 75% stake in Zebyte Infotech Pvt Ltd, which too is under the ED lens in the same case.