Justice Yashwant Varma Cash Row: A team of Delhi Police reached the residence of High Court Justice Yashwant Verma on Wednesday (March 26). According to news agency PTI, official sources said that the team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) visited Justice Verma’s residence in connection with the investigation of alleged seizures of cash.

DCP of Delhi Police New Delhi Devesh Kumar Mahala was present at the residence of Justice Yashwant Verma for about an hour. Sources said that Justice Verma’s store room and surrounding space have been sealed, burnt cash was found here.

According to sources, some High Court officials also reached Justice Verma’s residence. Before reaching the team’s residence, police sources said that the team will inspect the place where there was a fire and can interrogate the employees working in Justice’s residence.

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On 22 March, the CJI formed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations in-house. Also, it was decided to upload the investigation report of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court DK Upadhyay on the Supreme Court website.

Video and photos released

This report included alleged pictures and videos of heavy stores of cash. Justice Verma claimed a conspiracy regarding cash and said that these rupees are not from him or family. He said, “No member of his family had ever kept any cash in the storeroom.”

How did the matter be revealed?

A fire broke out in a room in the official residence of Justice Yashwant Verma on 14 March in the posh Lutyens area of ​​Delhi. While extinguishing it, fire personnel and policemen allegedly recovered cash. There was a ruckus after this news came in the media. It has been written in the official dialogue regarding the incident that “four to five half -borings” of notes were found.

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Justice yashwant varma: The fire of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Verma has provoked the cash scandal. It is claimed that Verma’s house was found in large quantities of cash. The demand for action in this case is arising and the matter has reached the Supreme Court. Opposition parties raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha on Friday (March 21).

Meanwhile, the fire department of Delhi has issued a note. According to the department, there was a fire on the day of Holi on 30 Tughlaq Road, Government Housing in Delhi. This fire broke out at around 11:30 pm. According to the note issued by the department, the fire was reported at 11.35 am. Justice Verma was not at home at that time.

After extinguishing the fire and assessment of damage, the team of the fire department returned from Justice Verma’s residence at 1.56 am.

‘Cash is not mentioned’

Two fire brigade vehicles reached the spot after the fire incident. At the same time, stationery and household items were burnt in the store room during arson in the house. However, this report of the fire department does not mention any cash.

It is claimed that during the investigation of the damage caused by the fire, the department allegedly received a large amount of cash. The information reached the Ministry of Home Affairs and informed the Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Supreme Court’s important comment

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said on Friday (March 21) that misinformation and rumors are being spread about the incident related to Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Verma. The Supreme Court’s statement said that the proposal for Justice Verma’s transfer to Allahabad High Court is independent and is different from the internal investigation process.

For the former judge of Delhi HC Justice Yashwant Verma, the former judge said, ‘To transfer is not a solution, SC immediately …’