Court gives remand of Soumya and Ranu to EOW

Raipur. EOW has got the remand of Ranu Sahu and Soumya Chaurasia in the coal scam case in Chhattisgarh. The EOW team had reached Raipur Special Court with both of them on production warrant. Here the team had asked for 15 days remand, however, only 5 days remand was received from the court. EOW will now interrogate both of them in the coal scam case till May 27. Earlier, suspended IAS Ranu Sahu and Soumya Chaurasia were lodged in Raipur Central Jail. On Thursday, the court of Judge Atul Srivastava handed over the remand of both of them to the EOW. Defense lawyer Faizal Rizvi said that the EOW has filed an application after the arrest, demanding that their remand be given till June 5. We have opposed this.

We have said that one person has been granted bail in the ED case and Ranu Sahu’s bail is pending in the Supreme Court. The bail hearing of Soumya Chaurasia is also to be held in the High Court, hence the arrest is being made again. Some solid facts have not been presented even for seeking remand. The interrogation has already taken place for 3 days, hence we have objected to the remand. Even before this, the special court had given permission for interrogation for 5 days and then for 3 days.

Defense lawyer Faizal Rizvi said that the EOW has filed the application after the arrest, demanding that remand be granted till June 5. We have opposed this. We have said that one person has been granted bail in the ED case and Ranu Sahu’s bail is pending in the Supreme Court. The bail hearing of Soumya Chaurasia is also to be held in the High Court, hence the arrest is being made again. Some solid facts have not been presented even for seeking remand. The interrogation has already taken place for 3 days, hence we have objected to the remand. Even before this, the special court had given permission for interrogation for 5 days and then for 3 days.