Court rejects Thind's bail plea

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Patiala, Oct 31 (UNI) The CBI special court here today rejected the bail plea moved by Suspended Himachal Pradesh Additional Director General of Police B S Thind, arrested for fraudulant financial dealings.

The defence counsels for B S Thind claimed that as Thind was soon to be promoted as the Director General of Police, the fraud case registered against him was politically motivated. It was a conspiracy and the case of financial fraud registered against him was false, they adding.

However, the prosecution argued that there was enough documentary and circumstantial evidence against him.

The CBI todl the court that in case Thind was granted bail, given his position, he could manipulate evidence.

The ADGP (CID and law and order) B S Thind was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation from Chandigarh on October 27 and was produced in the court of special CBI judge Harinder Sidhu here on October 28, following which he was sent to 14-day judicial remand till November 11.

A case against the ADGP and some real estate promoters by the name of Shalimar Land Enclave Private Limited, Mani Majra, Chandigarh, was registered in 2004 pertaining to bank frauds.

Initially, the case was registered against the proprietor of Shalimar land Enclave, Prem Chand Singla and the Chief Manager of State Bank of India, Mr Lokesh Sharma, on a written complaint filed by the Punjab Vigilance Department.

However, later it was alleged that the ADGP was also involved in the fraud. Proprietors of the said enclave including Arun Singla, Harinder Singh Saini, Tarsinder Garg and Ram Kumar were also booked in the case.

It was found that ADGP had taken a number of loans on a single plot by mortgaging it to different banks. He had sought 15 housing loans aggregating to Rs 3.45 crore from various banks by allegedly submitting forged documents.

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