City court extends interim bail of two CGHS accused till May 22

New Delhi, May 8 (UNI) A city court today extended the interim bail of two former CGHS officials allegedly involved in the Rs 4000-crore Co-operative Group Housing Scheme (CGHS) scam, till May 22.

Special Judge Indermit Kaur Kochchar extended the interim bail of an advocate Jaideep Malik and Sushil Kumar Gupta arrested by the CBI on April 24, till May 22. However, the court ordered them ''to co-operate with the agency for further investigation.'' The court also remanded Inspectors Yoginder Kumar and N M Sahrawat, and a mobile phone dealer R K Bisht to judicial custody till May 16.

Both inspectors were part of the investigating team that is probing into the Rs 4000 crore CGHS scam. CBI said, the officers contacted certain accused either ''directtly or indirectly'' for obtaining the bribes.

After the arrests, the CBI conducted raids at the premises of the accused in 30 places in Delhi, Haryana and Jaipur. Rs 11 lakh in cash and other incriminating documents showing links between the CBI officers and the accused were seized.

They have been charged with misusing their official position and entering into a criminal conspiracy for undue personal monetary gain, the CBI counsel said in the court.

They were arrested under sections 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13 (2), 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988 and 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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