New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed Delhi's Rouse Avenue District Court on Saturday that it has no intention of shifting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to the lockup of Tughlak Road Police Station since the pest control work in the ED office's lockup is completed.
Special judge Vikas Dhull after noting the submission of ED disposed of the application of Sanjay Singh as infructuous.
"In light of submissions made by Ld. Special Counsel for ED, the application filed by applicant/accused has become infructuous and stands disposed of accordingly," the court ordered.
An application was moved on behalf of Sanjay Singh saying that the Enforcement Directorate officials tried to shift from the premises of ED to Police Station Tughlak Road on purported grounds where he could be tortured.
Sanjay Singh through his legal counsels Dr. Farrukh Khan and Prakash Priyadarshi raised the issue of his safety and security. The plea stated that when Singh asked for the reason for shifting, he was told that the purported reason for shifting was the use of pesticides in the lockup of ED headquarters. Singh further claimed that it's beyond comprehension that a premier agency has only one lockup.
That even if pesticide was used in the lockup then he should have been shifted to another lockup in the ED HQ. When he resisted the attempt, he was made to sleep outside the lockup and subjected to inhuman treatment, the plea stated.
A short notice was issued to ED on the application. During arguments on the application, ED's Special Counsel submitted that ED has no intention of shifting the applicant/accused to the lockup at PS Tuglak Road since work of pesticide control at the lockup in the ED office stands completed.
It was also submitted that pest control measure was taken in lockup at the ED's office, which was planned on 03.10.2023 i.e. prior to sending of the present applicant/accused in ED custody on 05.10.2023.
It was further submitted that since the applicant/accused had refused to be shifted to the other place due to pesticide treatment in the lockup room, therefore his consent was taken in writing for keeping him in interrogation room at the ED office.
On Thursday the Court sent Sanjay Singh to remand till October 10, 2023, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. The ED on Wednesday evening arrested Sanjay Singh after a day-long questioning by the ED officials at his Delhi residence. (with ANI inputs)
