Supreme Court bench denies interim relief to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar

A Supreme Courtroom bench of Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia on Friday declined to grant any interim aid to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar after he claimed a possible “menace” within the jail.

Chandrashekar is accused of working an extortion racket allegedly price Rs 200 crore from contained in the Tihar jail. It has additional been alleged that he has duped folks by promising them jobs. He has allegedly duped greater than 100 folks on this means and brought round Rs 75 crore.

Chandrashekar had moved the Supreme Courtroom in search of safety whereas he was in jail for a cash laundering case.

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In the course of the listening to immediately, senior advocate R Basant, showing for Chandrashekar mentioned that he’s feeling threatened within the jail and that “some officers are extracting bribes from his spouse to maintain him secure.”

The Extra Solicitor Basic (ASG), SV Raju showing on behalf of the state and jail authorities mentioned that the court docket wants to listen to the matter at size as Chandrashekar is accused of many offences. He additionally mentioned that an affidavit can be filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to apprise the court docket of the crimes dedicated by Chandrasekhar.

The court docket has granted time to the federal government to file its response. Nonetheless, the petition should be filed earlier than the holiday bench. The matter will now be heard within the first week of June.

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