In the petition, Sukesh Chandrasekhar further claimed that the judge was biased.
New Delhi:
Alleged scammer Sukesh Chandrasekhar filed a petition on Saturday to have the case transferred to another judge for the Rs 200 crore money laundering case.
In the petition, he further claimed that the judge was biased.
Meanwhile, the Patiala court refused to hear Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s plea.
Patiala House Court expressed dissatisfaction with the petition filed by Sukesh. The court said the accused had no right to comment on the presiding judge.
The court also extended Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s judicial detention until March 31.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police referred Chandrashekhar to Patiala House Court in Delhi in a money laundering case.
On March 10, he also appeared in court for a money laundering case.
Earlier on February 24, the Delhi court further approved the remand for three days to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged crook Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who was recently arrested in another extortion and money laundering case.
He was arrested in an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered with the ED for allegedly defrauding the former promoter of Religare Enterprises Malvinder Singh’s wife Japna Singh of Rs 3.5 lakh.
According to the complainant, Sukesh Chandrashekar called Japna M Singh posing as a senior government official and extorted money from her.
On February 24, Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik of the Patiala Court extended the remand in custody period by three days, noting that a custodial interrogation of the accused would be required to confront the individuals and further disclosure of evidence from various individuals whose The name is Sukesh His statement and identification of the role of other persons Chandrashekhar revealed that some persons were involved in helping Sukesh Chandrashekhar in and out of prison to carry out racketeering and transfer the proceeds of crime out of India.
In seeking an extension of the remand period, the ED said that the custodial interrogation of the accused will allow the investigative agency to identify and identify funds laundered. Therefore, his custodial trial is necessary to effectively investigate the case to bring the current case to its logical conclusion.
The ED said in court that a custodial interrogation of the defendant was necessary to determine whether he was complicit with other key players in the racketeering and laundering of proceeds of crime and the modus operandi employed with other co-defendants.
Earlier, the ED stated that there was physical evidence and reason to believe that the accused was guilty of money laundering under Section 3 of the PMLA, punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA, that the accused participated in the laundering of proceeds of crime and had been involved in transferring the proceeds of crime Predicted to be uncontaminated.
The defendant Sukesh Chandrashekar deliberately concealed and did not disclose evidence, and did not cooperate with the investigation. The ED told the court that the custodial interrogation of the accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar was essential to establish a trace of the proceeds of crime.
The above FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Malvinder Singh’s wife, Japna M Singh, against certain unidentified persons who posed as government officials and then defrauded her of Rs 3.5 lakh.
The ED’s case was based on an FIR filed by the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police against Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was accused of defrauding and extorting money from Japna Singh and Aditi Singh, wife of ex-promoter of Religare Enterprises, who are in judicial custody for alleged misappropriation of Religare Enterprises. Finvest Ltd. funds.
In September last year, Chandrasekhar and his actor wife Leena Maria Paul were arrested by the Delhi Police for alleged involvement in the scam.
The names of Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandez, Nora Fatehi and several others have surfaced in an investigation by the Economic Crimes Unit of the Delhi Police and Enforcement Directorate.
(Aside from the title, this story is unedited by NDTV staff and published via a syndicated feed.)
