On Tuesday, a Delhi court denied interim bail to Vinesh Chandel, the director and co-founder of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), in a money laundering case investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Chandel had requested bail on humanitarian grounds, citing the deteriorating health of his 74-year-old mother, who is reportedly suffering from dementia. However, Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon ruled that the plea did not meet the necessary criteria for exceptional humanitarian grounds. The court acknowledged the medical vulnerability of elderly parents but noted that there was no evidence of a life-threatening emergency that required Chandel's immediate presence. The ED claims that I-PAC is involved in laundering proceeds of crime amounting to approximately ₹50 crore (around $6 million USD), with allegations that the firm used a structured system of financial transactions to manage unaccounted funds received from political parties for election-related expenses. This investigation stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining activities in West Bengal, implicating businessman Anup Majee as a key figure in the alleged syndicate.