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News of Jan
6, 2007
Charges Framed against Rahul Mahajan
New
Delhi, Jan 6
A special court here Saturday framed charges against Rahul Mahajan,
son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, for
drug abuse but the charge of drug trafficking against him was
dropped.
The special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
court found prima facie sufficient material on record to send Rahul
Mahajan, Harish Sharma, former personal assistant of the late
leader, and three others on trial in the drug abuse case of June
2006.
The trial will begin Jan 10.
Special Judge S.N. Gupta discharged Rahul Mahajan of the charge of
financing illicit trafficking of drugs and harboring offenders under
Section 27(A) of the NDPS Act.
Mahajan will face trial under Sections 21 (possession of drugs),
Section 25 (allowing premises for commission of an offence), Section
27 (illegal possession in small quantity for personal consumption of
any narcotic drugs) and Section 29 (abetment and criminal
conspiracy) of the NDPS Act.
Co-accused Sahil Zaroo will face trial under Sections 21, 27 and 29
of the NDPS Act and Section 419 (cheating by impersonation) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Harish Sharma and Ganesh, Rahul's servant, will face charges under
Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with 201 (destruction of
evidence) of the IPC.
Nigerian national Abdul Latif Ashola alias Mohammed Abdullah, will
be tried under Sections 21 and 29 of NDPS Act while his compatriot
Egbedokun James Taiwo will be prosecuted under Sections 29 read with
21-B (possession more than five grams of drugs) of the NDPS Act.
All the accused except the two Nigerian nationals are out on bail.
The Delhi police charge-sheeted the accused in August last year
alleging that Sahil had procured drugs at the instance of Rahul
Mahajan and later the two along with Bibek Moitra (since dead),
former personal secretary of Pramod Mahajan, had consumed them at
the 7 Safdarjung Road bungalow, the erstwhile official residence of
the late BJP leader.
Police have kept Moitra in column two of the charge sheet, which is
for accused not set up for trial.
The case had made headlines when the Apollo Hospital here informed
the Tughlak Road police station in the early hours of June 2 that
Rahul had been admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state
while Moitra had been brought dead.
IANS
News of Jan
6, 2007
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