SC SEEKS REPLIES ON SUKESH’S PLEA SEEKING TRANSFER

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and Delhi Police to respond to a plea by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar to be shifted to any other jail after his petition narrated two instances of alleged threat and physical assault at Mandoli jail. A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar said, “We have gone through the petition and looked into supporting evidence placed on record. Issue notice to the respondents.”

The matter will be taken up after a week. Senior advocate R Basant and advocate Ashok Kumar Singh appeared for Sukesh and informed the court that due to the investigation by the Enforcement Directorate and Delhi Police into allegations of extortion against prison officials, he was threatened on two occasions after being brought to Mandoli jail on August 26.