One more accused's arrest declared illegal

THE COURT RULED THAT CBI FAILED TO FURNISH THE GROUNDS FOR ARREST OF REKHA NAIR, WHO THE AGENCY CLAIMED TOOK A BRIBE OF ₹2 LAKH FROM ANOTHER ACCUSED

- Revu Suresh

MUMBAI: A special court on Thursday declared the arrest of one more accused person arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a corruption case at the Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) as illegal and ordered her immediate release.

On December 19, the CBI had sought the arrest of SEEPZ assistant development commissioner Rekha Nair, claiming that she accepted a bribe of ₹2 lakh from another accused, Chanderpal Singh Chauhan, the joint development commissioner of the special economic zone. The CBI had submitted that it seized unaccounted money worth ₹47 lakh from Nair's residence.

However, the court ruled that the CBI had failed to furnish the grounds for Nair's arrest. A day earlier, the court had also ordered the release of two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers and five others who were also arrested in the case for the same reason.