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It was additionally alleged that some jail officers had allegedly extorted Rs 12.50 crore from him in instalments throughout 2019-22, he said. (PTI)
Apart from Jain, former director normal of Tihar prisons Sandeep Goel and another workers members have been charged with demanding and extorting “protection money” from high-profile inmates in Delhi jails
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given approval for a CBI probe towards Delhi’s former prisons minister Satyendar Jain in a matter beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, official sources stated on Friday. Jain, who’s behind bars in reference to a cash laundering case, was accused of extorting Rs 10 crore from an inmate, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, for offering him safety in the jail, they stated.
Apart from Jain, former director normal of Tihar prisons Sandeep Goel and another workers members have been charged with demanding and extorting “protection money” from high-profile inmates in Delhi jails. The ministry on March 22 accepted the CBI inquiry towards Jain after which Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena forwarded the file to the chief secretary for additional acceptable motion, an official confirmed.
A grievance was filed by Chandrashekhar after which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had begun inquiring into the matter and sought sanction from the competent authority to prosecute the previous minister beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, he stated.
Chandrashekhar, lodged in Tihar jail in a cash laundering case, alleged in his grievance that “Jain had extorted Rs 10 crore from him in tranches during 2018-21, either personally or through his accomplices, as protection money so as to help him ‘live peacefully and comfortably’ in different jails of Delhi,” he stated.
It was additionally alleged that some jail officers had allegedly extorted Rs 12.50 crore from him in instalments throughout 2019-22, he said.
