Uphaar fire: Delhi court asks police to seek sanction to prosecute businessman Sushil Ansal
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- Patiala House Court has directed the police to take requisite sanction to prosecute Sushil Ansal.
- Pankaj Sharma on Monday asked the investigating officer of Delhi Police to ensure this.
- Sushil Ansal is currently lodged in Tihar Jail along with his brother and many others.
1997 Uphaar Cinema In a new development of the case related to the fire tragedy. Patiala House Court directs Delhi Police to obtain/obtain requisite sanction from the concerned authority to prosecute businessman Sushil Ansal for alleged fraud in passport renewal. Sushil Ansal is presently lodged in Tihar Jail along with his brother and several others after conviction and conviction by a court.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dr Pankaj Sharma on Monday asked the Investigating Officer of Delhi Police to ensure necessary sanction from the concerned authority to prosecute businessman Sushil Ansal in the alleged fraud in passport renewal case and adjourn the matter to February 21, 2022. determined for.
The court said so after the Inquiry Officer informed the court that the application seeking sanction was pending before the authority concerned. The Delhi Police, in its charge sheet, had earlier said that businessman Sushil Ansal had deliberately concealed information about pending criminal proceedings against him and his conviction in his declaration in the passport application form.
Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet against Sushil Ansal under sections 177 (giving false information) and 181 (false statement on oath) of the Indian Penal Code and section 12 of the Passport Act.
In its charge sheet, the police said that it is clear from the investigation that Sushil Ansal knowingly concealed information regarding criminal proceedings against the applicant in any court or has not been convicted by any court. Any criminal offense in the past.”
The police also said that during investigation no evidence was found against the then police officer, who had verified the passport of the accused in 2013 as he had done the verification as per the prescribed procedure.
The chargesheet was filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma, who listed the matter for further hearing on January 31, 2022. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against real estate businessman Sushil Ansal when he applied for a passport. 2013. FIR was registered on the directions of Delhi High Court.
Neelam Krishnamurthy, president of the Uphaar Tragedy Victims’ Association (AVUT), had alleged that Ansal had concealed or given false information to the authorities for renewal of his passport and that Ansal obtained the passport illegally by concealing most of the physical information – which he was facing. Convicted in the criminal charge and the Uphaar fire tragedy and sentenced to two years in prison.
(with ANI inputs)
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