NEW DELHI, Nov 13:
The CBI has sought sanction from the Government to file an FIR against former Delhi Jail Minister Satyendar Jain and former Director General of prisons Sandeep Goel for alleged extortion of crores of rupees from high-profile prisoners, including Sukesh Chandrashekhar, in return for a comfortable life in jail, officials said today.
The request seeking sanction against Jain and jail officer Raj Kumar was sent to the office of Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, while for suspended IPS Goel and retired IAS Mukesh Prasad, the Central agency has approached the Union Home Ministry, they said.
Goel, a 1989-batch IPS officer, was suspended by the Home Ministry last year after allegations of extortion were levelled against him, they said. The agency has alleged that it has “source information” that Jain, Goel, Prasad and Kumar were extorting crores of rupees from various “high-profile prisoners”, including Chandrashekhar facing charges of duping a large number of people, to enable them to live comfortably in prison, officials said.
Questions sent to Goel seeking his reaction remained unanswered. The CBI needs the sanction before filing an FIR or a case against a public servant under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The CBI, while seeking mandatory sanction from Saxena to proceed against Jain and former jail superintendent Raj Kumar, has alleged that “a high-level corruption and extortion racket” was being run in Delhi jails in connivance with Goel and Prasad along with associate officers, private persons and accomplices. “They worked as a syndicate for the same,” the CBI alleged in its letter to Saxena.
It said it has “source information” that Jain allegedly “extorted and received Rs 10 crore from jail inmate Chandrashekhar in various tranches during 2018-21 either himself or through his accomplices, as protection money,” to enable the alleged conman to live a peaceful and comfortable life in jail. (PTI)
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