Nikhil Chandrakar will be questioned for 7 days, ED’s remand approved

Raipur. In the coal case, the ED arrested Nikhil Chandrakar, a close aide of accused Suryakant Tiwari, and produced him in the court on Tuesday. The court has sent him on ED remand for seven days. Chandrakar was arrested by the ED from Mumbai. After this, he was presented in the court of Special Judge Ajay Singh Rajput. Faizal Rizvi, counsel for the accused, said that Nikhil told the court that the ED had already questioned him seven times. He was pressurized to name the CM, and Suryakant.

In the court, Chandrakar has expressed apprehension that he may again be pressurized to take the names of CM and Suryakant. While the ED’s counsel said that it is necessary to interrogate Nikhil, a close aide of Suryakant, on the coal-scam case. After hearing both the sides, the court has granted 7 days remand for ED.