Deepak Kochhar who has been arrested last week by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case tests positive for COVID-19. He has been admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital and is asymptomatic according to sources.
The sources also stated that the ED team along with Kochhar’s lawyers have been asked to quarantine themselves.
Kochhar was also taken to Delhi for investigation after his arrest from Mumbai for which his counsel Vijay Aggarwal said, “Taking my client to Delhi was illegal. They have put me and themselves at risk. The investigative agency shouldn’t have indulged in such a heroic act,” according to the Economic Times.
Deepak is the husband of former ICICI Bank MD &CEO Chanda Kochhar.
