Inquiry against 03 Tihar jail officials for ‘receiving money’ from conman Sukesh

Sunday, 6 February 2022Newsdesk

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has been shifted to another jail in Tihar while three officials, including two assistant superintendents, have been sent to the district lines of the jail headquarters after authorities found that one of them allegedly received Rs 1.25 lakh from Sukesh.

New Delhi, 06 February 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, an initial probe revealed that instead of transferring the money directly, Sukesh allegedly sent it via a bank account of an inmate’s brother. DG (Prisons) Sandeep Goel told The Indian Express that they have transferred Sukesh from jail 4 to jail 1: “We have also transferred three jail staffers to the headquarters and initiated an enquiry against them.” Last month, the Delhi Police had asked the jail administration to allow it to probe 82 officials and staff of Rohini jail under the Prevention of Corruption Act after seven officials were arrested for allegedly helping Sukesh extort Rs 200 crore from former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh’s wife Aditi Singh.

Source - The Indian Express