Scam accused DHFL promoter shifted to Nashik jail over misconduct

A special court in Mumbai has allowed the authorities to shift Kapil Wadhawan, an accused in a case related to an alleged scam at Yes Bank, to a prison in Maharashtra’s Nashik district after his “misconduct" during multiple hospital visits was reported by some news channels.Wadhawan, one of the promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), is an accused in multiple fraud cases probed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

He was lodged in the Taloja jail prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.Special judge for the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and CBI cases M G Deshpande on Friday passed the order allowing authorities to shift Wadhawan.He was shifted to Nashik immediately, sources said.Recently, some news channels reported that whenever Wadhawan brothers — Kapil and co-accused Dheeraj — were admitted to state-run hospitals, they met their relatives and used mobile phones and laptops.The higher prison authorities then moved an application before the special court, seeking to transfer Kapil Wadhawan to another prison.Kapil Wadhawan was admitted to state-run hospitals for different medical issues, but he did not actually undergo treatment during his stay there or even get checked up by doctors, the application said. 

It is a settled norm that a court should not get influenced by media publication and media trials, but at the same time, if some real picture, regarding conduct of the accused persons involved in serious offences, is reported by the Higher Prison Authority and upon examining the record if any substance is found in the report, certainly court cannot overlook and ignore it," the judge said.