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Delhi CM’s secretary pressured prosecutor of transport scam
New Delhi: Principal secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Rajendra Kumar pressured a prosecutor to bring before them the file of the chargesheet of the Rs.100 crore transport scam before finalising it, the latter alleged.
Prosecutor Vinod Kumar Sharma wrote a letter to Joint Commissioner of Police (Anti-Corruption Branch) M.K. Meena on September 2.
The Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi government on Thursday filed a chargesheet against nine accused, including two IAS officers, in the Rs.100 crore transport scam which allegedly took place during the previous Sheila Dikshit government.
Sharma, in his letter, stated: “Today (September 2) I was called by some senior officials of Delhi Secretariat. I was pressurised by them, who are alleged (suspects) in the case, i.e. Rajendra Kumar, secretary to CM of Delhi.”
“They directed me to produce the file before them before finalisation,” Sharma submitted.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.