Court adjourns hearing in R P Dwivedi case till Mar 28

Mumbai, Mar 24 (UNI) The CBI special court today adjourned till March 28 the hearing on the bail application of former CBI deputy legal adviser and special public prosecutor R P Dwivedi, who was arrested on corruption charges on March 14.

The CBI officials today sought time from the court to file reply on the bail application, which Additional Sessions Judge Mrudala Bhatkar granted and adjourned the hearing till Tuesday.

Dwivedi, who is suffering from cancer, is currently in judicial custody till April 4.

He used to allegedly contact people under the pretext of a CBI inquiry and collected money for 'helping them'.

It was also reported that Dwivedi had received Rs two lakh from a person for the help he rendered in enabling his relase on bail.

Besides, bonds worth Rs 18.65 lakh (UTI, IDBI, Flexi Bonds and Kisan Vikas Patras) were seized during a search of his house recently.

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