New Delhi: Union Law Minister M Veerappa
Moily said on Monday he was keeping a "close watch" on the PF case
in which the prime accused died in a jail in Ghaziabad, and
promised to ensure a "proper enquiry" into it.
"Yeah, I am keeping a close watch on that and ensure
that there should be a proper enquiry and I am getting reports
on that," Moily said to a news channel when asked whether he is taking a close look at the enquiry into the case and taking it as some
sort of a benchmark case.
He said the nation would like to know the truth behind
the death of accused Ashutosh Asthana, a court staff and the
prime accused in the Rs 23 crore scam in which the names of a
number of higher and lower judiciary judges, including that of
a judge of the apex court, had cropped up.
"Any conspiracy or anything, which led to his death...
I think public would...the nation would like to know the real
truth behind it," Moily said when asked about the possibility
of conspiracies behind Asthana's death.
He said the death of Asthana was "really shocking" and
"needs to be thoroughly probed into" but refused to accept
that this could derail the process of investigation into the
scam.
"I don't think it (the investigation) should be
derailed. After all, state government should take more
interest. I don't think the death of an accused should derail
(the investigation)," he said adding that he does not have any
exact information about what really happened.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, October 19, 2009, 23:30