Jaisinghani, daughter tried to bribe, extort money from Amruta Fadnavis: Court

Suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha in conspiracy tried to bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss wife Amruta Fadnavis and also used private messages to extort money from her when she refused to save Jaisinghani from several FIRs lodged against him a special court has saidSpecial Judge Deepak Almale designated to hear anticorruption cases refused bail to Anil Jaisinghani on April 1The fatherdaughter duo are accused of attempting to blackmail and bribe Amruta FadnavisAs per the detailed order which was made available on Tuesday the fatherdaughter duo hatched a conspiracy by which Aniksha developed friendly relations with Amruta Fadnavis and then requested her to save her father from the several criminal cases pending against him as the husband of the complainant Amruta Fadnavis is a public servantAniksha tried to offer a bribe of Rs one crore to Amruta Fadnavis the court saidIt is the case of the prosecution that when the complainant denied to act according to Aniksha she Aniksha sent videos voice notes and screen shots to the complainants mobile and tried to extort and made a demand of Rs 10 crore to return the same the court said in its orderAlso Read Amruta Fadnavis threat case Court denies bail to bookie Anil JaisinghaniThe investigation in the case is still on and there are 17 other cases pending against Anil Jaisinghani it saidtherefore there is every possibility that the accused may flee away if he is released on bail the order saidThe Malabar Hill police station in south Mumbai on February 20 registered a First Information Report FIR against Anil Jaisinghani and Aniksha for allegedly threatening to make public certain audio and video clips that purportedly show Amruta Fadnavis accepting favours from AnikshaThey were booked for offences under Section 120B criminal conspiracy and Section 385 extortion of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 8 induce public servant using corrupt means and 12 abetment of the Prevention of Corruption ActAniksha who was arrested on March 17 was granted bail in the case on March 27 by the courtWhile the court granted bail to Aniksha on March 27 it rejected Anil Jaisinghanis bail pleaAnil Jaisinghani who was arrested by the Mumbai Police from Gujarat is currently in judicial custodyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever