Phone tapping case: ED gets 4-day custody of ex-NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna

Ramkrishna was arrested by the CBI in a separate case and was currently in judicial custody

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in a money laundering case connected with alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of stock exchange employees, after getting the nod from a Delhi court to probe the matter.

Special Judge Sunena Sharma allowed four-day custodial interrogation of Ramkrishna.

“ED has sufficient grounds to proceed with the investigating into the allegation of money laundering and to seek custodial interrogation of the accused to unearth the deeper conspiracy, the involvement of other accused persons, and their entire modules operandi. Accordingly, the accused is remanded to ED custody till July 18,” the judge