Shimla, July 28: A special court directed the CBI to hand over certain documents to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others in connection with a nearly Rs 10 crore disproportionate assets case against him. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal passed the directions after the advocate for Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh, and others, submitted that they have not received various documents filed along with the charge sheet.
The couple, who have not been arrested so far, and other accused persons — Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan, stamp paper vendor Joginder Singh Ghalta, Managing Director of Tarani Infrastructure Vakamulla Chandrasekhar, and co-accused Lawan Kumar Roach, Prem Raj and Ram Prakash Bhatia — were present before the court during the day’s proceedings.
The charge sheet also names as accused LIC agent Anand Chauhan, who was arrested in the case and is currently in judiciaial custody. He was produced before the court from jail.
The court had granted them bail on May 29 after they appeared before it in pursuance to the summons issued against them by the court. The court had on May 8 summoned them after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the CBI.
