India, July 25 -- The sessions court has refused bail to a 35-year-old man arrested for playing a central role in defrauding a retired Navy officer of Rs.7.2 lakh in December 2024. According to the police, the accused had told the officer that he was implicated in a money laundering case involving NCP leader and former minister Nawab Malik, and he had to pay up if he wanted to cancel the 'warrant' against him.

Additional sessions judge Avinash P Kulkarni refused bail to the accused, Ugraram Ghamaram Godara, a farmer from Bikaner in Rajasthan, and held that his participation in the crime was 'active and deliberate'. The court added that releasing him on bail at this stage of the investigation would not be appropriate.

According to the po...