Railgate: Accused sent to 2-day CBI custody
A Delhi court on Monday permitted the CBI to interrogate for two days Sushil Daga, one of the accused in the `10-crore railway bribery case in which then railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew is among those arrested.
Mr Daga, who was arrested on Sunday, was produced before the court and the agency sought his remand, saying it needs to confront him with documents and intercepted conversations of the accused. Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma allowed the CBI’s plea and remanded Daga in the agency’s custody till May 22.
“Since accused (Daga) has been arrested yesterday itself, he needs to be confronted with documents and intercepted conversations. It is also to be ascertained as to from where the bribe amount had been arranged....I remand the accused to police custody for two days,” the judge said.
The agency told the court that Mr Daga, a regular railway contractor, had allegedly arranged part of the bribe amount which was paid to Mr Bansal’s nephew Vijay for the posting of co-accused and then member (staff) of Railway Board Mahesh Kumar’s posting as member (electrical) of Railway Board.
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BJP stir against CBI officers
Age Correspondent
Chandigarh, May 20
At least 10 BJP activists were injured on Monday after police used water cannons to stop them from marching towards CBI office to protest against a top agency officer whom they accused of shielding former Union minister Pawan Bansal in the railgate scam. Led by former Union civil aviation minister Harmohan Dhawan, the protesters were demanding the immediate shunting out of CBI DIG Mahesh Aggarwal.
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