Overview

• On June 2 a special PMLA court extended Chhagan Bhujbal and his son Pankaj’s overseas trip until June 12 under the same terms imposed on April 29.
• Their original passports, returned on May 13, were found wet and torn after a fire broke out at the ED’s Mumbai office on April 27.
• The Bhujbals applied for replacement passports through the tatkal scheme and secured new Schengen visas that became valid on May 28.
• The Enforcement Directorate opposed the extension over concerns they might abscond and delay a trial that has yet to begin.
• Both men remain on bail in a money laundering case and are required by the Bombay High Court to obtain trial court permission for any foreign travel.