SHIMLA: Enforcement Directorate has filed a challan against former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, his son Vikramaditya Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh and others accused in a Delhi court.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar fixed the matter for consideration on July 24, when he will decide on whether or not to take cognisance of the final report. ED reportedly investigating Mr Vikramaditya Singh in money laundering case of his chief minister father and found his involvement in the crime and it moved ahead with the challan on Saturday.
ED special persecutors– Mr Nitesh Rana and N K Matta– filing the supplementary and final report on the probe in the matter also named Managing Director of Tarani Infrastructure Mr Vakamulla Chandrashkhar and one Ram Prakash Bhatia, a stamp vendor as an accused beside the member of erstwhile Rampurbushair royal family.
The Enforcement Directorate said that Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh, ‘Universal Apple Associate’ owner Chuni Lal Chauhan, Life Insurance Corporation agent Mr Anand Chauhan and two co-accused Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach are also made party by the agency. Notably, Mr Chauhan, arrested by the ED on July 6, 2016 from the PGI Chandigarh, is already booked under PMLA was on bail, since January 2 this year after remaining in ED and Judicial custody for two years.
Mr Singh had also been booked by CBI in another case as the trial already began in the CBI court in Rs 10 crore DA granted bail in the matter.
The royal family succeeded in getting major relief from Supreme Court on April 6, 2016 as the case was transferred to Delhi High court and asked the CBI to not to arrest Mr Singh and directed him to join the probe when he was chief minister of Himachal.
Along with Mr Singh, the CBI also involved Chuni Lal Chuahan, stamp vendor Joginder Singh Ghalta, Mr Chanrasekhar, Lawan Kumar Roach, Prem Raj and Ram Prakash Bhatia as the co-accused along with royal family. (AGENCIES)
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