Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal remanded to ED custody till Sept 11 over Rs 538 crore fraud case
FirstpostJet Airways founder Naresh Goyal was arrested on Friday in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged bank fraud of Rs 538 crore at Canara Bank. A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Mumbai has extended the Enforcement Directorate’s custody of former Jet Airways promoter Naresh Goyal until September 11. The money laundering case stems from an FIR of the Central Bureau of Investigation against Jet Airways, Goyal, his wife Anita and some former company executives in connection with an alleged Rs 538 crore fraud case at the Canara Bank. The FIR was registered on the bank’s complaint which alleged that it sanctioned credit limits and loans to Jet Airways Ltd to the tune of Rs 848.86 crore of which Rs 538.62 crore is outstanding.