Ankit Tiwari bribery case: ED moves Supreme Court against TN Police not sharing FIRs; seeks CBI take over
The ED has also prayed that the probe into the bribery allegations against its officer Ankit Tiwari, be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It is currently being probed by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC).
In its plea before the top court, the ED stated that it is moving the apex court to protect the fundamental rights of the victims of money laundering in Tamil Nadu since the central agency is unable to investigate such offences due to non-sharing of information of scheduled offences.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan is slated to hear the matter on Thursday.
The Madras High Court had in December dismissed the bail plea filed by Tiwari, an ED officer who was arrested by the DVAC.
Tiwari was arrested after allegedly having been caught accepting a bribe of ₹20 lakh from a doctor in Dindigul.
He was remanded to judicial custody on December 1, 2023 after the DVAC claimed he had threatened the doctor and had demanded ₹3 crore to close the pending cases against him
He had later agreed to an amount of ₹51 lakh and the doctor had paid him ₹20 lakh, the DVAC alleged. Tiwari has claimed that the case against him is mala fide.
The ED in its plea claimed that the State has a 'deliberate design' in not cooperating by 'conspicuously preventing' the ED from accessing first information reports (FIRs), and not even uploading them in public domain.
The Madras High Court had in December dismissed the bail plea filed by Tiwari, an ED officer who was arrested by the DVAC.
Tiwari was arrested after allegedly having been caught accepting a bribe of ₹20 lakh from a doctor in Dindigul.
He was remanded to judicial custody on December 1, 2023 after the DVAC claimed he had threatened the doctor and had demanded ₹3 crore to close the pending cases against him.
He had later agreed to an amount of ₹51 lakh and the doctor had paid him ₹20 lakh, the DVAC alleged. Tiwari has claimed that the case against him is mala fide.
The ED in its plea claimed that the State has a 'deliberate design' in not cooperating by 'conspicuously preventing' the ED from accessing first information reports (FIRs), and not even uploading them in public domain.