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| Amar Singh's bail hearing deferred |
| Cash-for-votes case: Amar Singh's bail hearing deferred till September 12
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| INDIA
, 8-September-2011
6:26:35 AM |
| Tihar jail's newest high-profile prisoner Amar Singh will have to be wait for a few more days before he gets bail. A court in Delhi today deferred the hearing on the Rajya Sabha MP's bail plea till September 12. Mr Singh was sent to judicial custody till September 19 in the connection with the cash-for-votes scam.
Arguing for his bail today on grounds of fragile health, Mr Singh's lawyer said, "In his condition, he may need surgery...We do not want a situation where he is no more."
He further contended that the MP had an appointment with the doctor on September 9.
The court asked for the present medical condition of Mr Singh from Tihar authorities to decide whether he could be take care of in prison.
Amar Singh, the big wheeler dealer of Indian Politics, was arrested in connection with the cash-for-votes scam on Tuesday.
The evidence against Mr Singh includes detailed phone records that establish he was in regular contact with Sanjeev Saxena, his assistant, who negotiated with the trio of BJP MPs. Mr Singh tried to deny that Mr Saxena was his aide; the police, however, found several letters written by Mr Singh where he referred to Mr Saxena as his assistant. The car that delivered the money to the MPs belonged to Mr Singh as well. "This is circumstantial evidence," Mr Singh's lawyers had dismissed on Tuesday.
"The case is in the courts. We can't say anything on it yet. What can we do? They have said that MPs went to his house. We don't know whether the allegations are true or not," senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani said.
"He is a very interesting man, a good friend. He will never do something like this. Never," Jethmalani added.
But after Amar Singh's arrest, uncomfortable questions over Manmohan Singh's victory in the 2008 confidence vote have returned to haunt the UPA. His arrest has reopened the key question: Who was the ultimate beneficiary of the cash-for-votes scam?
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