A special PMLA court in Ahmedabad on Thursday refused to grant a temporary bail to suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who is in jail in an alleged money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. Special judge A C Joshi turned down Sharma's plea for a five-day bail to pay homage to his late mother during the upcoming 'shradh' season, on the ground that he might tamper with evidence if let out of jail. Sharma's lawyer had argued that his client be granted temporary bail between September 18 and September 22and submitted before the court that he will stay in Ahmedabad during this period. However, the court refused to grant him bail upholding the public prosecutor's argument that he had in the past not cooperated with the ED investigating charges against him, and he could even use his freedom to tamper with the evidence against him. Sharma was arrested by the ED on August 1 this year under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, days after the Supreme Court vacated an interim stay on his arrest. He was sent to judicial custody on August 8 and is currently lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail.