Notice to jail superintendent in match-fixing case

NEW DELHI, MAY 1. A city court today issued show-cause notice to a Tihar jail superintendent to explain as to why Kishen Kumar, an accused in the match-fixing scandal, could not be produced before it despite its order, in a FERA violation case. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ms. Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal, issued the notice, asking him to appear before the court, along with the accused on Wednesday. The notice was issued after the Crime Branch police, under whose custody Kishen Kumar is being interrogated, submitted they had no information from the superintendent about his production.

The Enforcement Directorate, which had arrested Kishan Kumar for his alleged involvement in Hawala transactions relating to the match-fixing case, today sought extension of his judicial remand, though it was opposed by the defence counsel, Mr. H.R. Khan Suhel. The court will hear the ED's application along with Kumar's bail plea on Wednesday.

Rajesh Kalra, the first accused in the case, was yesterday remanded to judicial custody till May 13 by a duty Magistrate.

- PTI

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