Anil Jaisinghani, daughter tried to bribe, extort money from Amruta Fadnavis to save him from criminal cases: court
The Hindu
Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha in conspiracy tried to bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis and also used private messages to extort money from her, the court said.
Suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha in conspiracy tried to bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis and also used private messages to extort money from her when she refused to save Anil Jaisinghani from several FI₹lodged against him, a special court has said.
Special Judge Deepak Almale, designated to hear anti-corruption cases, refused bail to Anil Jaisinghani on April 1.
The father-daughter duo are accused of attempting to blackmail and bribe Ms. Fadnavis.
As per the detailed order which was made available on April 4, the father-daughter duo hatched a conspiracy by which Aniksha Jaisinghani developed friendly relations with Ms. Fadnavis and then requested her to “save her father from the several criminal cases pending against him as the husband of the complainant [Amruta Fadnavis] is a public servant”.
Aniksha Jaisinghani tried to offer a bribe of ₹1 crore to Ms. Fadnavis, the court said.
“It is the case of the prosecution that when the complainant denied to act according to Aniksha, she [Aniksha] sent videos, voice notes and screen shots to the complainant’s mobile and tried to extort and made a demand of ₹10 crore to return the same,” the court said in its order.
The investigation in the case is still on and there are 17 other cases pending against Anil Jaisinghani, it said.
Justice G. Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has said that Justice G.R. Swaminathan has exhibited bias against the State police by “showing interest in passing orders hastily without consulting the Bench partner (Justice P.B. Balaji)“ in a habeas corpus petition filed against the preventive detention of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar under the Goondas Act.