A Delhi court sought the presence of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportinate assets case in which he is an accused.
\nSpecial CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi issued the production warrant for Chautala for March 2 as the 78-year-old Indian<\/p>\n
National Lok Dal (INLD) chief was not brought to the court from jail, where he is lodged following his sentence of 10-year imprisonment in another corruption case.<\/p>\n
“Let production warrant be issued in favour of superintendent Jail No. 4 (where Chautala is lodged), Tihar directing\u00a0production\u00a0of accused OP Chautala for March 2,” according to the court.<\/p>\n
The prosecution witnesses could not be examined owing to Chautala’s absence.<\/p>\n
The CBI had on March 26, 2010 chargesheeted Chautala indicting him for allegedly possessing assets worth\u00a0Rs.\u00a06.09 crore, far exceeding his legal income between 1993 and 2006.<\/p>\n
Two such separate cases are also on against his sons Ajay and Abhay Chautala.<\/p>\n
Chautala and Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10-year imprisonment by a Delhi court on January 22 for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state in 2000.<\/p>\n
The CBI had registered three separate disproportionate assets cases against Chautalas on a complaint by Haryana Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala.<\/p>\n
Earlier, all the three cases were being heard in different courts and were transferred to one court on CBI’s plea that all cases be transferred before a single judge as their trialsn at three different courts will lead to inordinate delay in concluding them.<\/p>\n
In its charge sheet, the CBI had alleged that Chautala’s wealth was 189% more than his income of\u00a0Rs.\u00a03.22 crore during the period.<\/p>\n
The CBI had also said that Ajay was possessing assets exceeding his legal income by 339.27%. His legal income between May 1993 and May 2006 was\u00a0Rs.\u00a08.17 crore. However, he acquired assets worth\u00a0Rs.\u00a027.7 crore, CBI alleged.<\/p>\n
Abhay owned assets worth over five times his income of\u00a0Rs.\u00a022.89 crore as per income tax records during the 2000-2005 period. The agency claimed to have found\u00a0Rs.\u00a0119.69 crore worth of assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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