In Case Against Virbhadra Singh, Probe Agency Asked To Handover Documents

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minister Virbhadra Singh and others in a money laundering case against him.Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj passed the directions on pleas filed
by 83-year-old Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh, 62, and his son Vikramaditya Singh, all three accused in the case, along with the
others.Special public prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, told the court that most of the documents, including
copies of the charge sheet and the papers filed along with it, have already been handed over to the accused persons and the remaining will
be given soon.The court has now posted the matter for November 2.The charge-sheet, filed by advocates Samvedna Verma and A R Aditya, also
name LIC agent Anand Chauhan, Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan and two others -- Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach -- as
accused.The case also involves Managing Director of Tarani Infrastructure, Vakamulla Chandrasekhar and one Ram Prakash Bhatia as accused.In
their applications, the accused told the court that they have not received several documents filed with the charge sheet while many papers
supplied to them were not readable.In a separate case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the matter, the
former Himachal Pradesh chief minister, his wife and Chauhan were charge sheeted along with others.The CBI had claimed that Virbhadra Singh
had amassed assets worth around Rs 10 crore which were disproportionate to his total income during his tenure as a Union minister under the
UPA government.The ED filed a case on the basis of the CBI case.The accused have denied all the allegations levelled against them in both
the cases.