Delhi Court Directs Officials to Provide CCTV Footage to Sisodia on Manhandling Claim

A Delhi court on Wednesday directed officials to provide AAP leader Manish Sisodia with closed-circuit television video on May 23 of its headquarters when he was allegedly manhandled by security personnel.

The judge noted that, following an earlier court order, the official involved with the Ross Avenue District Courts headquarters brought May 23 security camera footage related to Sisodia’s production to court in the case.

“Since certain allegations of rough handling against prison officials were made on behalf of the accused earlier, the said footage has been directed to be preserved and produced… Let an additional copy of the above footage in a separate drive be also provided by the Assistant Engineer (Electrical) , persons with disabilities to the court reader before the next date and the same shall be provided to the attorney representing the accused,” the judge said.

The special judge, MK Nagpal, listed the case on August 25.

Sisodia appeared physically in court for Wednesday’s proceedings.

The court had ordered on July 6 to continue his appearance in this manner unless otherwise requested by the accused or directed by the court.

Sisodia, who is accused in cases related to alleged excise policy fraud, alleged that he was manhandled by security personnel on May 23 while producing in a case related to alleged tax policy fraud.

Meanwhile, the court requested a report from a private hospital in Gurugram, where co-defendant Amit Arora is currently admitted, based on an earlier court order, saying his hospitalization “extended for a very long time”.

“This Court feels at first instance that the admission of the accused to hospital in a private institution under the guise of the above orders (allowing Arora to be hospitalized in a private hospital) took too long. Hence a detailed medical report from the Medical Superintendent/Director of the hospital concerned should be summoned immediately.” .

The judge directed the hospital to include details of the medical operations or examinations conducted during Arora’s stay in his report.

He also directed the hospital to specifically mention the aforementioned report, along with the detailed reasons of the concerned doctors as to why the aforementioned operations or tests could not be performed during the outpatient visits, and this was only possible after admission to the hospital. Accused.

The court had on May 27 denied Arora’s interim bail application on medical grounds in light of the findings of the AIIMS Medical Board which was formed by court order to medically evaluate him.

The court ruled that private treatment and hospitalization be at the expense of the accused.

However, on May 30, the court clarified that the admission of the accused to a private hospital will only take place when the same is required for any surgery or for some diagnostic or other tests that cannot be performed otherwise.

The AAP leader was arrested by ED in a money laundering case related to alleged fraud on March 9 from Tihar Jail where he is currently placed in judicial custody.

The 51-year-old Sisodia was arrested for the first time by the Central Bank of Iraq, which is investigating allegations of corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy.

In the 270-page supplementary charge sheet with appendices running to 2,000 pages, EM called Sisodia the “principal co-conspirator” in the case.

In earlier indictments, the AML said the liquor policy “scam” was a “conspiracy” hatched by some senior AAP political leaders and the so-called “Southern Group” which includes BRS leader Kavitha, Congresswoman Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and others used “ agents and puppets” to hide their involvement.

Kavitha is the daughter of the Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao.

(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)