Supreme Court orders immediate transfer of former Unitech directors from Tihar to Mumbai jails

The apex court issued the order after the Enforcement Directorate submitted a report of alleged connivance between the jail authorities and accused in illegal activities within the prison.

The court also expressed displeasure on the report of jail authorities colluding with the accused and ordered the Delhi Police Commissioner to conduct an investigation into the matter and submit a report in four weeks.

The ED told the court it has unearthed a “secret underground office” in South Delhi's Green Park which was being operated by the erstwhile Unitech founder Ramesh Chandra and visited by his sons -- Sanjay and Ajay while on parole or bail, according to a report in media.

The court also pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting in connivance with the Chandra brothers.

The probe agency said the Chandra brothers have spent their entire  judicial custody otiose as they had been freely communicating, instructing their officials and disposing of their properties from inside the jail, the media report said.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah was informed by additional solicitor general Madhavi Divan, that the probe agency had submitted two status reports in sealed cover to the court and had provisionally attached Unitech Ltd properties worth Rs 600 crore both in India and abroad.