The CBI on Thursday opposed before a court here the bail pleas of two persons arrested in a graft case involving Delhi CM’s former Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar, saying allegations against them were serious and they cannot claim parity with Kumar who was recently granted the relief.
Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar heard the arguments on the bail applications of Kumar’s close aide Ashok Kumar and Managing Director of a PSU R S Kaushik and reserved the order for August 1.
The bail plea moved by both the accused persons on the ground of parity with Kumar, who was granted bail on July 26 by the court, was today opposed by the probe agency.
While opposing Ashok’s application, the agency said that his offences were serious as he was working on behalf of Kumar and was a connection between him and private firm, Endeavour Systems Pvt Ltd. The agency had earlier claimed that ESPL was floated by Kumar for the award of government contracts worth over Rs 50 crore. Regarding Kaushik, who is Managing Director of Delhi government undertaking Intelligent Communication Systems India Ltd, the CBI alleged that he was responsible for giving contracts, on Kumar’s behalf, to ESPL.