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Uphaar victims pray court to cancel bail of Ansal brothers
New Delhi, Feb 14: Victims of Uphaar tragedy, which claimed 59 lives in 1997, today moved a Delhi court seeking cancellation of bail granted to accused Gopal Ansal, Sushil Ansal and a Delhi fire service official alleging they had tampered with the evidence in violation of bail norms.
New Delhi, Feb 14: Victims of Uphaar tragedy, which
claimed 59 lives in 1997, today moved a Delhi court seeking
cancellation of bail granted to accused Gopal Ansal, Sushil
Ansal and a Delhi fire service official alleging they had
tampered with the evidence in violation of bail norms.
Perusing an application moved by the association of the
victims of Uphaar tragedy, Additional Sessions Judge Mamta
Sehgal issued notices to CBI and the accused and fixed
February 20 for hearing the matter.
A controversy had erupted in the case last month after
certain vital documents went missing from court records
forcing the ASJ to order a judicial probe into the matter.
These documents would have corroborated claims regarding the real owners of the cinema and as to who retained control over its finance, the prosecution said.
Only those documents have disappeared which have direct bearing on the culpability of the Ansals and the retired fire official H S Panwar, Avut alleged. Needle of suspicion would invariably point to the accused as they are direct beneficiaries of these documents, it added.
Besides this the original sanction plan of Uphaar cinema seized by CBI was also tampered with, the application said. The plan, when it was filed in court, did not bear any colouring to indicate that the outer wall could be raised upto the first floor, it claimed.
During inspection of the cinema, it was revealed that a microphone, which after the tragedy was found missing from atop an amplifier in the projector room, has been replaced. This amounted to tampering with evidence in violation of norms set during grant of bail, it said.
These documents would have corroborated claims regarding the real owners of the cinema and as to who retained control over its finance, the prosecution said.
Only those documents have disappeared which have direct bearing on the culpability of the Ansals and the retired fire official H S Panwar, Avut alleged. Needle of suspicion would invariably point to the accused as they are direct beneficiaries of these documents, it added.
Besides this the original sanction plan of Uphaar cinema seized by CBI was also tampered with, the application said. The plan, when it was filed in court, did not bear any colouring to indicate that the outer wall could be raised upto the first floor, it claimed.
During inspection of the cinema, it was revealed that a microphone, which after the tragedy was found missing from atop an amplifier in the projector room, has been replaced. This amounted to tampering with evidence in violation of norms set during grant of bail, it said.
Bureau Report