Police probe possible collusion of Tihar jail officials, ex-Unitech promoters

The Delhi Police commissioner’s office has written to the city prison department seeking details of all officers posted inside Tihar jail number 7 as it began a probe to identify how former Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, in alleged connivance with jail officials, operated a “secret undergound office” in south Delhi while staying in jail. Brothers Ajay and Sanjay Chandra were arrested in April 2017 for allegedly duping homebuyers in 74 projects ht archive “A notice was sent to director general Sandeep Goel asking him for the details of all persons who were posted in jail number 7 in the last one year. Sanjay and Ajay Chandra, who were lodged together in Tihar’s jail number 7, were moved to Mumbai’s Arthur Road and Taloja jails on August 28 on the orders of the Supreme Court, which was informed by the Enforcement Directorate that jail authorities helped the two engage in illegal activities, including running an underground office in south Delhi. Meanwhile, on Saturday, a team of officers from the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing visited the prison headquarters to take the details of officers posted in jail housing another prisoner, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is accused of allegedly duping the wife of Shivinder Singh, the former promoter of Religare Enterprises.