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Ranchi, Nov 10: The Jharkhand High Court in its bail order to advocate Rajiv Kumar has stated that Kolkata- based businessman and money laundering accused Amit Agrawal not only hatched a conspiracy against Rajiv Kumar but also against the government officials as well as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the judiciary.
“It prima facie suggests that Amit Kumar Agrawal has hatched the conspiracy not against the petitioner, but against the ED officials as well as Government officials and judiciary, which is a serious matter. It is expected that this allegation will be investigated by investigating agencies,” the court of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi of Jharkhand High Court who granted bail to Rajiv Kumar in the cash for PIL has stated.
The Kolkata police arrested Rajiv Kumar on July 31st along with Rs 50 Lakh cash based on an FIR lodged by Amit Agrawal. The businessman alleged that Rajiv Kumar demanded Rs 10 Crore not to drag his name in the shell company related to PIL 4290/21.
The observation of the court is an indication that serious trouble is brewing for Amit Agrawal who is in jail in this case as the ED has treated him as a prime accused. His quashing petition is pending before the Jharkhand High Court.
The High Court also pointed out that some police officials have influence with Amit Agrawal and lodged a false FIR against petitioner of the PIL Shiv Shankar Sharma and Rajiv Kumar.
Rajiv Kumar has already received bail in this case from a local court in Kolkata which had originally lodged an FIR and arrested him along with Rs 50 Lakh cash on the complaint of Kolkata based businessman Amit Agarwal. He is currently lodged at Birsa Munda central jail. But he has to stay in jail as the Jharkhand police secured his custody in other criminal cases related to land grabs.
Earlier, the special PMLA court of Prabhat Kumar Sharma had rejected his bail petition after which he moved to the Jharkhand High Court.
