Supreme Court refuses to shift conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar from Mandoli prison

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a fresh plea by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar seeking transfer from Mandoli jail in the city to any other jail which is not under control of the Director General of Prisons DelhiA bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar declined to interfere in the matterWe find no reason to entertain the petition We dont appreciate this kind of behaviour the bench saidThe counsel appearing for the alleged conman submitted before the bench that in spite of several assurances Chandrashekhar was being allegedly assaulted in jailThe lawyer also alleged that Chandrashekhar is being pressured to pay 25 lakh per month in jailThe top court on August 23 had ordered that Chandrashekhar and his wife be shifted from Tihar Jail to Mandoli Jail in the cityIt had passed the order on a plea filed by Chandrashekhar and his wife alleging a threat to their lives and seeking a transfer to a prison outside DelhiAlso Read Sanjay Shirsat suffers from chest discomfort shifted to Mumbai in air ambulanceChandrashekhar is lodged in jail on charges of alleged money laundering and duping several peopleIn an affidavit filed earlier by Director General Prisons Delhi Prisons it was said that the contents of Chandrashekhars application that he was assaulted in jail are vehemently denied as totally and wholly false and fabricated for the ulterior motive of seeking transfer to another prison to repeat his misdemeanours and offencesOn June 20 the ED had made some startling revelations against Chandrashekhar that he indulged in money laundering extortion impersonation of public officials including those holding constitutional posts and had opposed his plea for prison transfer outside DelhiThe probe agency has sought to intervene in the plea filed by Chandrashekhar and his wifeThe probe agency named several TV and Bollywood personalities with whom the alleged conman has contacts and used to give them expensive giftsThis 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