Delhi court raps CBI for discrimination in arresting accused in railway bribery case
Nation 12:03
New Delhi, July 20: A Delhi has pulled up CBI for discriminating in matter of arresting the accused, who include former Railway Minister P K Bansal's nephew, in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case, saying it was "very disheartening".
The court took strong exception that in the case, in which the probe was being monitored by the CBI Director, two of the ten accused were not arrested despite the charge sheet having been filed against them.
The remarks of the judge came while dismissing the bail pleas of accused C V Venugopal and M V Murali Krishan, who were chargesheeted by CBI but were not arrested during the probe into the case.
The judge also said although CBI had arrested three accused Sameer Sandhir, Rahul Yadav and Sushil Daga, who are in judicial custody, on similar allegations as that of Murali and Venugopal, the agency is unable to explain why these two chargesheeted accused were also not arrested.
Meanwhile, the former Railway Minister P K Bansal's role may be examined during trial.
On Railway bribery case, Minister of information and broadcasting Manish Tewari said that CBI has filed chargesheet in the matter and no one need to pre-judge the issue.
He further said that media should also avoid pre-jurisdiction.
The court took strong exception that in the case, in which the probe was being monitored by the CBI Director, two of the ten accused were not arrested despite the charge sheet having been filed against them.
The remarks of the judge came while dismissing the bail pleas of accused C V Venugopal and M V Murali Krishan, who were chargesheeted by CBI but were not arrested during the probe into the case.
The judge also said although CBI had arrested three accused Sameer Sandhir, Rahul Yadav and Sushil Daga, who are in judicial custody, on similar allegations as that of Murali and Venugopal, the agency is unable to explain why these two chargesheeted accused were also not arrested.
Meanwhile, the former Railway Minister P K Bansal's role may be examined during trial.
On Railway bribery case, Minister of information and broadcasting Manish Tewari said that CBI has filed chargesheet in the matter and no one need to pre-judge the issue.
He further said that media should also avoid pre-jurisdiction.
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