The Supreme Court questioned the central agencies Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the fairness of their probe, asking if they were free to "pick and choose" an accused.
The scandal was exposed following the tragic suicide of Chandrasekaran, a 52-year-old superintendent of the corporation. Referring to the Valmiki Scam in the neighboring state and its connection to Telangana politicians and businessmen, Rama Rao questioned the identities of the nine bank account holders in Hyderabad who received the ST Corporation's Rs. 45 crore.
Says the AAP leader has been in custody for 17 months in the excise policy scam case and trial has not yet commenced, depriving him of the right to speedy trial
Using the 'chakravyuh' metaphor as a leitmotif, Rahul claimed that an atmosphere of fear prevails all around with a group of six trapping the entire country in a 'chakravyuh' he promised would be broken by the I.N.D.I.A bloc
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it would hear Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking bail in the corruption case registered by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise policy scam on July 5.
Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma had, on May 3, issued a notice on Sisodia’s pleas seeking replies from both the agencies -- the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
It was said that as district Collector VP Gautham examined nomination papers, Congress candidate Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy’s supporters asked the election officials to reject the nomination of Nageswara Rao as he failed to mention the ED case in the affidavit.