Ansal was also involved in the Uphaar fire tragedy that took place in July 1997.
Sushil Ansal, the chairman of the realty major Ansal Group, has become an interesting case study for the Delhi High Court to examine how a man facing trial in 12 criminal cases and close to 184 complaints wielded such power and influence to obtain a "clear" police verification report and passports at regular intervals during the past two decades.
Ansal was also involved in the Uphaar fire tragedy that took place in July 1997.
After this disturbing fact was pointed out in a petition filed by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), the Delhi High Court has set out to fix the guilt on the officers of the Passport Division in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Delhi Police. The matter will come up in Court on Tuesday.
Already, the Delhi Police has begun to probe the mischief by registering a FIR on January 17, 2019 naming three police officers and Sushil Ansal. Of the three officers, only one is currently serving, namely Inspector AK Singh.
The two who retired are Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ashok Kumar Gera and sub-inspector Kartar Singh. It was in 2013, Ansal applied for re-issue of his passport. Based on a 'Clear' report from police, he was issued a passport valid for 10 years. At the relevant time, Ansal was being prosecuted in three criminal cases, one of which being the Uphaar fire tragedy.
Officials of the Passport Division too have come under cloud. The AVUT petition submitted that in 2017, Ansal surrendered his 2013 passport admitting that due to oversight he failed to mention about pending Court cases against him in the passport application form. But within a year, on May 7, 2018, he filed a fresh application for passport, after obtaining a no-objection certificate from a trial court.
The old passport (L5241099) was cancelled and police verification was initiated on the new file. From here began a web of distortions.
On May 10, 2018 the police gave an 'adverse' report against Ansal to the Passport Office. Acting on the same, on May 21, the Passport Office issued a 'stop order' on the movement of file. Within a day, a fresh request for police verification was sent to the Delhi Police. On June 11, 2018 the police returned another adverse report against Ansal. By now, the fate of Ansal's passport application was sealed. But this was not so. By June 28, the police verification (PV) mode was changed from pre-PV to post-PV and the stop order revoked. The application of Ansal received an 'F' token issued only to top dignitaries and VIPs, based on which a one-year passport was issued to him on July 2, 2018.
An in-house inquiry conducted by MEA found serious irregularities in the manner the two adverse reports were given a go-by and pre-PV was changed to post-PV without authorization. Heads may roll as the Centre is expected to inform Court Tuesday on the action taken based on the inquiry
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