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Adarsh scam: Court rejects bail plea of nine accused
AGENCIES | Mumbai, April 21, 2012 18:28
Tags : Adarsh society housing scam | Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) | Bombay High Court | Ashok Chavan | |
Tags : Adarsh society housing scam | Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) | Bombay High Court | Ashok Chavan | |
The bail applications of all nine accused in the Adarsh society housing scam, arrested in March and April, was rejected by the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday.
"The special CBI court has rejected the bail applications of all nine accused in the case and they will continue to be in judicial custody," said a CBI official.
Earlier on Tuesday, the CBI court had extended the judicial custody of all nine accused till April 30.
The CBI also arrested former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and retired information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in connection with the scam on April 3.
Phatak was the municipal commissioner of Mumbai in 2010 when the building's height was allowed to be increased beyond 100 metres, without any approval from the High-Rise Committee of the municipal body. Phatak and Tiwari's son have also been allotted a flat in the society.
According to the report of the two-member commission tabled before the Maharashtra Assembly on April 3, it was observed that the defence had failed to provide credible proof over ownership/title of the land.
The interim report by the two-member judicial commission comprising former judge, Justice J.A. Patil and former state chief secretary P. Subrahmanyam, held that the land belongs to GoM (state government).
Many top army officials and politicians, including former chief Minister Ashok Chavan, are alleged to have facilitated clearances for the building and got flats in it as quid pro quo.
Nine of the 14 accused have already been arrested for their alleged involvement in the scam.
In March, the CBI had made seven arrests in the case namely Maj Gen (retd) A.R. Kumar, Maj Gen (retd) T.K. Kaul, IAS officer Pradeep Vyas, former Congress MLA Kanahiyalal Gidwani, retired defence estates officer R.C. Thakur, Brig (retd) M.M. Wanchoo and former deputy secretary, urban development P.V. Deshmukh.
The scam involves a prime plot in South Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by the society.
CBI cracked down on the bureaucrats and army men after the Bombay High Court's division bench of Justices P.B. Majmudar and R.D. Dhanuka questioned the agency for delaying the arrests in the case.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
