SC grants bail to man accused of extortion by impersonating as close aide of PM, Union ministers

NEW DELHI: (May 18) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to an accused in a money-laundering case in which he allegedly posed as a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union ministers to extort money for getting people's work done.

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh set aside the Allahabad High Court order of February 5, refusing bail to Mohammad Kashif, who has been in custody for nearly three years.

It granted bail to the accused after he undertook not to use the names of high constitutional functionaries.