Court seeks report from Tihar on Qureshi's plea on threat

New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) A Delhi court today directed theTihar Jail authorities here to submit by December 12 a statusreport on an application by con...

New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) A Delhi court today directed theTihar Jail authorities here to submit by December 12 a statusreport on an application by controversial meat exporter MoinAkhtar Qureshi, claiming threats from alleged gangster NeerajBawana.

Qureshi, lodged in the central jail in connection with amoney laundering case, has alleged that he was getting threatsfrom Bawana, who is also lodged there.

Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj, who had earlier sought areport from the jail authorities in this regard, granted fivedays to the officials after they sought some more time to filetheir report.

On December 12, the court is also likely to pronounce itsorder on Qureshi's bail application.

In his application moved on November 7, Qureshi had said,"I have been shifted from general ward to high-risk ward wheredreaded criminal, including those accused of rape andterrorism, are lodged, where I received threat from Bawanathrough his associate who is also lodged in the same jail."He had also alleged that his family members had receivedthreats too.

Qureshi was recently chargesheeted by the ED in a moneylaundering case, in which it was alleged that he had extortedRs 7.5 crore from two businessmen, Pradeep Koneru and SatishSana, by using the names of former CBI directors and promisingto help them in CBI cases against them.

The ED had also alleged that Qureshi was involved inhawala transactions through Delhi-based hawala operators.

The meat exporter is also being probed by the Income TaxDepartment for alleged tax evasion.

Bawana, on the other hand, has been charge sheeted invarious cases, including offences punishable under theprovisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

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This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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