Ansals summoned for tampering evidence in Uphaar case
Real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal, along with four others, were on Friday summoned by a court here for allegedly tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy which had claimed 59 lives.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal, along with four others, were on Friday summoned by a court here for allegedly tampering with evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy which had claimed 59 lives.
Taking cognisance of the chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate A K Kuhar sought presence of the Ansal brothers and four others-- P P Batra, Har Swaroop, Anoop Singh and Dharamvir Malhotra-- on May 2.
The Delhi Police claimed in the chargesheet, filed on January 18, that they have "substantial" evidence against the Ansal brother and four others for "tampering" with records of the 1997 fire tragedy case.
A case was registered against them in the Tilak Marg police station here May 17, 2006 following a direction by the Delhi High Court.
According to the chargesheet, the documents alleged to have been tampered with included a police memo giving details of recoveries immediately after the incident, Delhi Fire Service records pertaining to repair of transformer installed inside Uphaar, minutes of Managing Director's meetings and four cheques.
Out of the six set of documents, a cheque of Rs 50 lakh, issued by Sushil Ansal to self, and minutes of the MD's meetings, proved beyond doubt that the two brothers were handling the day-to-day affairs of the theater at the relevant time, the chargesheet said.
Sushil and Gopal Ansal, now out on bail, along with 10 others were convicted by a trial court here on November 20 last year for their complicity in the Uphaar theater fire case in which 59 cine-goers lost their lives during the screening of 'Border' a movie on June 13, 1997.
Taking cognisance of the chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate A K Kuhar sought presence of the Ansal brothers and four others-- P P Batra, Har Swaroop, Anoop Singh and Dharamvir Malhotra-- on May 2.
The Delhi Police claimed in the chargesheet, filed on January 18, that they have "substantial" evidence against the Ansal brother and four others for "tampering" with records of the 1997 fire tragedy case.
A case was registered against them in the Tilak Marg police station here May 17, 2006 following a direction by the Delhi High Court.
According to the chargesheet, the documents alleged to have been tampered with included a police memo giving details of recoveries immediately after the incident, Delhi Fire Service records pertaining to repair of transformer installed inside Uphaar, minutes of Managing Director's meetings and four cheques.
Out of the six set of documents, a cheque of Rs 50 lakh, issued by Sushil Ansal to self, and minutes of the MD's meetings, proved beyond doubt that the two brothers were handling the day-to-day affairs of the theater at the relevant time, the chargesheet said.
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Sushil and Gopal Ansal, now out on bail, along with 10 others were convicted by a trial court here on November 20 last year for their complicity in the Uphaar theater fire case in which 59 cine-goers lost their lives during the screening of 'Border' a movie on June 13, 1997.
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