Published by: Pragati Pal
Last updated: February 9, 2024 23:38 UTC
Delhi LG VK Saxena has given permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the former superintendent of Tihar Jail for allegedly selling money to jailed money laundering accused Sukash Chandrashek, a Raj Niwas official said on Friday. Sukash Chandrashekhar extorted 100 million rupees.
They said the matter is under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) and a request for prosecution sanctions has been filed with the LG, the competent authority in the matter, through the Directorate of Vigilance (DoV) of the Delhi government.
“The LG has approved the CBI investigation No. 17A of the Prevention of Corruption (POC) Act, 1988 against the then Superintendent of Prison No. 4 of Tihar Jail Complex, Raj Kumar,” they said last year. In November, the CBI had also sought sanction from the Delhi administration for filing a case against former minister Satyendar Jain, accusing him of “extorting” crores of rupees from several “high-profile prisoners”, including Chandrashekhar, to make their lives behind bars A comfortable life, they say.
The central agency is accusing Chandrashekhar of extorting Rs 10 crore from him in installments during 2018-21 for providing him a comfortable and peaceful jail life.
A Raj Niwas official said, “The accused jail superintendent was a close associate of the then jail superintendent and helped him extort money from Chandrashekhar. Even he himself tried to extort money from him through PayTM mode.”
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation had earlier claimed that “high-level corruption and extortion” were going on in Delhi jails with the connivance of senior jail officials and private individuals. Jain is currently out of jail on interim bail from the Supreme Court due to health reasons. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May 2022 in connection with a money laundering case.
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