New Delhi, March 19, 2011 | Updated 13:20 IST

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Even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) secured the custody of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan to interrogate him in a money laundering case following the Supreme Court's intervention, sources told Headlines Today on Saturday that he was not cooperating with the agency and was tight-lipped on accusations levelled against him.

Ali, alleged to be the country's biggest tax evader, refused to answer specific queries by the ED on his cross-border transactions. He has been telling the sleuths that he has no bank accounts abroad and that he has not stashed black money in foreign accounts. Sources said Ali has not yet revealed anything concrete which can help ED in its probe to nail him.

Ali to go to jail after ED remand: SC

The SC had on Thursday remanded Ali to four-day judicial custody to the ED. A day after, the apex court clarified that he could not be out on bail till further orders.

The SC said that it has cancelled lower court's bail to Ali and it would remain suspended till further orders. The clarification came after Ali's lawyer told the court that there was lack of clarity on his detention after four days of ED remand. He had filed a modification petition in the case.

The apex court, however, agreed to give an early hearing to Ali's case and advanced the date of hearing from April 4 to March 28.

ED quizzes foreign banks' officials

Meanwhile, the ED on Friday questioned the officials of some foreign banks in Ali's case. The agency summoned officials of Switzerland's UBS, Barclay and Credit Suisse in its Mumbai office and quizzed them over Ali's cross-border transactions made through these banks.