DA case: Court seeks CBI reply on Ajay Chautala’s transfer plea

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has sought the CBI’s response on a plea by INLD leader Ajay Chautala, who is serving 10-year jail term in a teachers’ recruitment scam case, for transfer of a disproportionate assets case against him to another court.

District Judge Ravinder Kaur issued notice to CBI on the plea and listed it for filing of reply and hearing arguments on March 3.

While hearing a similar transfer application by co- accused Abhimanyu Singh, the court summoned S L Goyal, a CBI witness in the DA case, on a claim that he was a relative of the presiding officer hearing the matter.

The district judge noted that the concerned presiding officer, in his comments, had not specifically denied that the witness is not known to him.

CBI prosecutor said despite several attempts, the witness could not be contacted and it was necessary to get information for him as to whether he was known to any other CBI judge posted in the district.