CBI court grants agency five-day remand of ED officer Vishal Deep in corruption case

A time earlier, the CBI Court had allowed the accumulation warrants of Deep to the CBI. The CBI done Public Prosecutor Narender Singh sought 7 days remand for Deep connected Friday.

The CBI Public Prosecuter said that the remand was required arsenic Vishal Deep had been evading probe successful this lawsuit since December 22, 2024, and had ne'er joined probe successful the lawsuit deliberately.

A announcement dated January 1, 2025 was issued for his beingness but helium did not joined probe and the probe of the lawsuit is being hampered severely arsenic this accused is required to beryllium interrogated successful constabulary custody, submitted Narender Singh.

The CBI counsel further told the tribunal that the remand was required for betterment of the remaining bribe wealth of Rs 1 lakh. Further for betterment of mobile telephone utilized by the accused during the trap proceedings arsenic the complainant had received a WhatsApp telephone during the trap proceedings successful which helium had talked to accused Vishal Deep, and besides to unearth the larger conspiracy and relation of different nationalist and backstage persons, and to retrieve immoderate different incriminating documents/articles, submitted the CBI counsel.

Vishal Deep’s council, however, opposed the agency’s plea for remand. The tribunal connected proceeding the contentions, granted 5 days remand of the accused.

The CBI has registered 2 FIRs successful a bribery lawsuit against Deep. The bribery allegations surfaced connected December 22, 2024, erstwhile the CBI registered 2 FIRs based connected complaints lodged by Bhupinder Kumar Sharma, president of Dev Bhumi Group of Institutions, Una, and Rajneesh Bansal, president of Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions, Sirmour. Both accused Deep and different ED officials of “demanding bribes for not arresting them” successful transportation with cases registered against their institutions.

Notice to CBI connected Deep’s application

The CBI Court of Chandigarh has issued announcement to the agency, connected an exertion filed by the ED officer-Vishal Deep, seeking directions for preservation of footage of the CCTV Camera installed adjacent his parent’s house.

Deep, done counsel-Manpreet Singh Kaler, and Abhey Joshi, besides sought directions for preservation of CDR of the investigating serviceman and the squad of CBI authoritative who visited connected December 23, 2024 and December 24, 2024, astatine his parent’s house.