New Delhi: The CBI’s investigation into an alleged corruption case involving Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar has come under the scanner with a special court saying the agency had “utterly failed” to comply with the mandatory provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code in its probe.
The court said that it was not informed by the agency about the freezing of bank accounts of a company and the CBI had admitted after one month in its reply filed on a plea by the firm, Laxmi Enterprises, seeking defreezing of three bank accounts.
The proprietor of Laxmi Enterprises, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, is also the director of Endeavour System Pvt Ltd, which is under probe by the CBI in the graft case allegedly involving Mr Kumar.
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Jain observed that till date, the agency is unable to show even prima facie that the frozen accou-nts of the firm have any direct link with the commission of alleged crime.
“There appears to be no compliance of section 102(3) CrPC by CBI... every police officer acting under sub section (3) shall forthwith report the seizure or attachment of accounts to the magistrate having jurisdiction,” the judge noted.
“From the record, it is clear that after freezing the account on December 18, 2015, CBI has not informed this court ... (the) CBI (for the) first time admitted freezing of the bank account of the applicant firm in its reply dated January 18, 2016, to this application,” the court said in its order.
