BackSahara chief Subrata Roy back in special facility at Tihar
The shift comes after a similar 57 day stay at the special facility till 30 September by Roy on the apex court's direction
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New Delhi: Jailed chief of Sahara conglomerate Subrata Roy has once again been provided with an AC conference room with services like internet and video-conferencing at the Tihar prison as per a Supreme court order to complete negotiations for raising funds for his bail.
This comes after a similar 57-day stay at the special facility till 30 September by Roy on the apex court’s direction.
Sahara group had then paid ₹ 31 lakh to Tihar jail as charges for the facility. Roy has now been allowed to use of facility till 20 February. Sources in Tihar jail said Roy along with two of Sahara’s directors Ashok Roy Choudhary and Ravi Shankar Dubey, who were lodged in Tihar, have been transferred back to the conference room from the barracks around 6pm.
66-year-old Roy has been lodged in Tihar jail for over nine months for non-refund of over ₹ 20,000 crore with interest to depositors. On 9 January, the apex court had extended its 1 August order for conference facility for him in Tihar jail to raise the funds.
The court had asked 65-year-old Roy to pay ₹ 10,000 crore to get bail, out of which ₹ 5,000 crore should be paid in cash and rest in bank guarantee. “We received the order from the court for restoration of the facilities given to Sahara chief earlier by 6pm on Monday and the same was implemented by the jail administration. Roy has been allowed the facilities till 20 February," they said.
Roy’s stenographer, secretarial assistants and one technical assistant have been allowed to help him during the permitted time slot from 6am to 8pm on the working days.
All the meetings that will be held at the conference room will be under surveillance of CCTV cameras. Roy will be using the fully air-conditioned room with services like wi-fi and video-conferencing, the source said.
Roy has also been allowed two laptops, two desktops, landline phones and one mobile phone, they said.
As per the court order, Roy will stay in the “special jail" till 20 February. Earlier, Roy stayed in the special facility for a total period of 57 days with his two directors Ashok Roy Choudhary and Ravi Shankar Dubey from 5 August to 30 September. Sahara group had paid ₹ 31 lakh to Tihar jail authorities as charges for stay of its chief in the air-conditioned facility and using services like phone, internet and video conferencing. He has been in the jail since 4 March, 2014.
Sahara has filed a defamation case in a Patna court against Mint’s editor and some reporters over the newspaper’s coverage of the company’s dispute with Sebi. Mint is contesting the case.
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