Delhi court grants bail to Vikramaditya

NEWDELHI: A Delhi court granted bail to former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s son in a money laundering case.Special judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Vikramaditya Singh on a personal bond of ₹50,000 and one surety of the like amount.

The court has put various conditions on the accused, including that he will not leave the country without its permission and he will not try to influence any witness in the case. Special public prosecutors NK Matta and Nitesh Rana, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), opposed the bail application, saying he may misuse the liberty. The court has now put up the matter for further hearing on September 19.

The court had on July 24 summoned Vikramaditya Singh and others to appear before it on August 27 in a money-laundering case. The court was considering a chargesheet filed by the ED on July 21 against Vikramaditya Singh in the money-laundering case, which also involved the former chief minister.

The chargesheet also named the managing director (MD) of Tarani Infrastructure, Vakamulla Chandrasekhar, and one Ram Prakash Bhatia as accused.

Both Chandrasekhar and Bhatia are also accused in a CBI case related to the matter, along with Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others.

Besides 83-year-old Singh and his 62-year-old wife, the others named in the ED chargesheet are Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent Anand Chauhan and two other co-accused -- Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach.