Venugopal Dhoot seeks interim release, says arrest by CBI ‘illegal’
Dhoot has also sought direction to quash and set aside the CBI FIR. The Kochhars were arrested on December 23 and Dhoot three days later by the CBI in connection with the Videocon loan case.
Dhoot also said that he is a senior citizen suffering from several serious ailments including diabetes and required 24x7 care and assistance. (File) Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot on Monday approached the Bombay High Court seeking interim release claiming that his arrest by the CBI on December 26, 2022 was illegal. A special CBI court on January 5 had rejected Dhoot’s plea where he had alleged his arrest to be illegal.
Dhoot has also sought direction to quash and set aside the CBI FIR. The Kochhars were arrested on December 23 and Dhoot three days later by the CBI in connection with the Videocon loan case. The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan and is likely to be heard on Tuesday. Dhoot, in his plea filed through Sandeep Ladda, has sought to quash and set aside the December 26, 28 and 29 orders of the special CBI court.
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