Aviation scam: Delhi HC grants bail to lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s close aide

A Delhi court Friday granted bail to Yasmin Kapoor, a close aide of co-accused and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, in a money laundering case related to negotiations that allegedly favoured foreign private airlines causing losses to state-owned Air India.

Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused, saying she was not the main accused.

The ED had arrested Kapoor on October 3 after the court cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to her in the case after the probe agency submitted that she was misusing the bail.

The bail was granted on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh with one surety of like amount.

“The accused apparently is not the main accused and was on anticipatory bail for a considerable time before she was taken into custody…