Graft case: Court seeks CBI’s reply on accused’ bail plea

New Delhi : A special court today sought CBI’s reply on the bail plea of an accused, arrested in a corruption case involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the probe agency and fixed the matter for hearing on July 27 on the bail application of owner of a private firm, Endeavour Systems Pvt Ltd (ESPL), Dinesh Kumar Gupta. The court, which was scheduled to pronounce the order on Kumar’s bail plea today, has now put up matter for tomorrow. Earlier, the court had ordered defreezing of Gupta’s bank account. He had told the court he and his family were going through a tough time due to the freezing of the accounts. Besides Kumar and Gupta, three other accused — Tarun Sharma, former Deputy Secretary in Kejriwal’s office, Kumar’s close aide Ashok Kumar and Managing Director of a PSU, R S Kaushik — have also moved the court seeking bail in the case. Besides the five accused, CBI had also arrested the co owner of ESPL, Sandeep Kumar and Kaushik’s predecessor G K Nanda, former Managing Director of Intelligent Communication Systems India Ltd (ICSIL), a Delhi government undertaking.