Interim bail for sick Saxena in AgustaWestland case

New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday granted seven days interim bail to Rajiv Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case, on two sureties of Rs 5,00,000 lakh each.

Special Judge Arvind Kumar, while granting Saxena bail, asked AIIMS to file a detailed medical report on his health and posted the matter for February 22 when the case would be next heard.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had supported his bail plea Wednesday, said the medical report submitted by AIIMS was not detailed.

Saxena had sought bail on medical grounds and had told the court that he was suffering from a ‘heart disease’ and ‘advanced-stage leukaemia’ (blood cancer).

PTI