Today in Ahmedabad, Gujarat High Court granted 2 days bail to suspended Gujarat IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to perform mother’s Shradh rituals. Sharma will be released on bail during 28-29th of September.
On Sunday Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested suspended Gujarat-cadre IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma in connection with a money laundering case. According to ED, Sharma had been booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR of the Gujarat CID. He was arrested after he reached the office of the ED Delhi for interrogation. Sharma, a 1984-batch officer, according to ED was not cooperating with the investigators and his custodial interrogation was necessary. The move comes following the SC decision not to stay his arrest after the ED filed an affidavit seeking his arrest in the case.
