New Delhi: Suspended Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan walked out on bail from Tihar Jail late on Tuesday evening. All the other accused who were also granted bail in connection with with the IPL spot-fixing scandal walked out of jail on Tuesday.
While granting bail two days ago, the Delhi court came down heavily on Delhi Police for not being able to provide adequate evidence to book them under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, (MCOCA). The judge observed there was no prima facie evidence of cheating or criminal conspiracy.
After his release Sreesanth spoke to the media saying he played the game in the right spirit. The pacer reached Kochi on Wednesday morning. "It was like a nightmare and honestly by God's grace, I can't wait to meet my family. Everything will be sorted out and all I can say is that wait for the right time to come," said Sreesanth after getting out of the jail on Tuesday night.
He also said that he has not confessed. "No. I haven't confessed. All I can say is to please be patient. I have played the game in the right spirit and I have only been giving my level best every moment,' said Sreesanth....
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08:19 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday inaugurated the semi-open prison complex and beauty culture centre in Tihar Jail in Delhi. "The objective behind starting the semi-open prison is to mould the thinking of a prisoner towards positive activity by reposing trust in him so that he may resocialise in society after his release," Dikshit said in Delhi. Convicts with good conduct are sent to semi-open prisons. ...
05:15 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Accused of spot-fixing, Rajasthan Royals bowler Sreesanth reiterated he is not guilty following his release from Tihar Jail along with the other accused - Ankeet Chavan - on Monday evening. "I played the game in good spirit. I don't want to forget the incident, because it has taught me lots of things. I will surely abide by the law," Sreesanth told reporters after his release. "I am very...
12:02 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Sacked Rajasthan Royals pacer Sreesanth, arrested for allegedly spot-fixing in the IPL, is skipping meals and offering prayers to gods in Tihar Jail, said jail officers. Sreesanth is keeping a fast through out the day and takes his meals only in the evening to ensure that he is released from the jail soon. He has refused to shave till he is on fast and is often seen praying....
11:05 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals player Ankeet Chavan, who was suspended amidst the IPL spot-fixing scandal, is expected to surrender on Thursday. Ankeet had been granted was given conditional bail by a Delhi court till June 6 for his wedding. He is likely to surrender before a court in Saket in Delhi. Ankeet is likely to be sent to Tihar Jail where the other two accused players Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila...
10:23 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Suspended cricketer Ankeet Chavan, who was arrested on allegations of spot-fixing, was on Friday released from Tihar Jail, a day after a court granted him bail to solemnise his marriage. "Chavan was released from Jail Number 1 at 8:05 pm," Tihar Law officer Sunil Gupta told PTI. Chavan had sought bail on the ground that his marriage is fixed for June 2 and if the wedding does not...
09:43 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday refuted the allegations of the four accused in the December 16 gangrape case in a special court that the victim was not assaulted by iron rods and she died before being taken to Singapore. "It is wrong to suggest that I had not taken the opinion of the doctors during the lifetime of the victim, despite various opportunities, as the said weapons were allegedly...
10:14 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The mother of the Delhi braveheart will appear before the fast track court on Friday to depose as a prosecution witness. Meanwhile, the Tihar Jail Superintendent and medical officer also submitted their reports to Additional Session Judge Yogesh Khanna on the health condition of accused Vinay Sharma, who was admitted to the hospital following high fever. The accused is now admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital and receiving medical...
11:05 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Tihar jail authorities on Thursday told a special court here that one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case is being given proper medical care in the hospital where he is admitted and the doctors there are not on strike. "It has been confirmed from the guard, who is escorting guarding the accused Vinay Sharma at LNJP Hospital that the doctors of the hospital are...
09:52 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court hearing the December 16, 2012 gangrape on Monday sought the medical report of an accused admitted to hospital with high fever, while the victim's friend deposed against two accused involved in the assault in a moving bus. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna called for the medical report of Vinay Sharma from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was taken on May 6 from Tihar Jail...
11:10 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted 13 days parole to Santosh Kumar Singh, undergoing life sentence in the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case, to appear in his LLM examination. The court directed Singh to furnish a personal bond of Rs 25,000 before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Saket while allowing his plea against the single judge's order dismissing his application for parole. A bench of Chief Justice...
10:25 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: An inmate at the high security Tihar prison died and five sustained injuries on Friday following a violent clash between two groups. Sources said Javed, a resident of Seelumpur, succumbed to injuries at around 4 pm on Friday. His body has been sent for postmortem but prima facie it appears that he was attacked with improvised knife. This is the third unnatural death in 2013 in India's most...
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11:48 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: An inmate at the high security Tihar prison died and three sustained injuries on Friday following a violent clash between two groups. The incident occurred at the jail number one of the prison at around 6:30 am in which 27-year-old Javed, a resident of Seelampur area of North East Delhi, died. "Two groups had old rivalries and this morning they clashed with each other in which inmate Javed...
08:27 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Fearing backlash in the wake of death of Sarabjit Singh after a murderous assault in a Lahore prison, Tihar authorities have stepped up security for all the 20 Pakistani inmates lodged in the high-security jail in New Delhi. "The jail staff has been directed to step up security for all the 20 Pakistani prisoners. They are being given enhanced protection," top sources said. They said the security has...
06:06 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: The vigil has been stepped up in Tihar Jail to pre-empt any attack on Pakistani inmates in the wake of the brutal assault on Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail. "Jail superintendents have been asked to keep a strict vigil on other inmates so that no one can hurt Pakistani inmates," a senior jail official told IANS. According to the official, jail staff have...
05:34 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Mumbai: Abu Jundal, an alleged operative of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key handler during the 26/11 terror attacks, has approached Bombay High Court seeking that he should not be kept in solitary confinement in the same cell where Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab once stayed. Jundal has been lodged in Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai. His cell was earlier occupied by Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist of 26/11 attacks,...
07:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the plea of a December 16 gangrape accused to shift the trial outside Delhi but it agreed to hear his plea for moving him out of Tihar jail for allegedly being tortured there. "We are issuing notice on the limited prayer of shifting him to another jail," a bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said. The court passed the order...
08:33 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner KS Mehra on Monday lodged a complaint against his ex-wife Vimla Mehra, who is Tihar Prison director general, accusing her of trying to extort money and property from him, police said on Monday. "We have received a complaint and an inquiry is on," said a senior police officer. KS Mehra, a 1978 batch IPS officer, said in his complaint that he...
09:58 AM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: At least 30 inmates of the Tihar Jail here were selected by 15 companies in the fourth campus placement drive conducted by jail authorities on Tuesday. The inmates were selected after they were interviewed by companies at Tihar's Jail No 3. "All the 30 inmates with good character, who would be released in the next six months, were selected by 15 companies after they fulfilled certain criteria laid...
05:44 AM, Apr 10, 2013
