Published By: Pragati Pal
Last Updated: February 09, 2024, 23:38 IST
The central company is charging allegations of Chandrashekhar that Rs 10 crore was extorted from him in instalments throughout 2018-21, for offering his comfy, peaceable keep within the jail.
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The matter is below investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) and a request for prosecution sanction was made to the LG, who’s the competent authority within the matter, by means of the Delhi authorities’s directorate of vigilance (DoV), Raj Niwas officers mentioned
Delhi LG VK Saxena has sanctioned an enquiry by the CBI towards a former jail superintendent of Tihar jail in reference to a “racket” that allegedly extorted Rs 10 crore from jailed cash laundering accused Sukash Chandrashekhar, Raj Niwas officers mentioned on Friday.
The matter is below investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) and a request for prosecution sanction was made to the LG, who’s the competent authority within the matter, by means of the Delhi authorities’s directorate of vigilance (DoV), they mentioned.
“The LG has sanctioned the CBI Inquiry u/s 17A of Prevention of Corruption (POC) Act, 1988, against Raj Kumar, the then Superintendent of Jail No 4, Tihar prison complex,” they mentioned. The CBI had in November final 12 months additionally sought sanction from the Delhi LG to file a case towards former minister Satyendar Jain for allegedly “extorting” crores of rupees from numerous “high profile prisoners”, together with Chandrashekhar, to allow them to dwell comfortably in jail, they mentioned.
The central company is charging allegations of Chandrashekhar that Rs 10 crore was extorted from him in instalments throughout 2018-21, for offering his comfy, peaceable keep within the jail.
“The accused jail superintendent was a close associate of then director general of prisons and aided him in extorting money from Chandrashekhar and even himself tried to extort money from him through PayTM mode,” claimed Raj Niwas officers mentioned.
The CBI earlier claimed that “a high level corruption and extortion racket” was being run within the jails of Delhi in connivance with prime jail officers and personal individuals. Jain is at present out of jail on an interim bail granted by the Supreme Court on medical grounds. He was arrested by the enforcement directorate (ED) in a cash laundering case in May 2022.
