Cash-for-votes scam: Suhail Hindustani, Sanjeev Saxena sent to Tihar

Arrested for their alleged involvement in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Suhail Hindustani and Sanjeev Saxena were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday by a Delhi court after the city police probing the case said they were no longer required for interrogation.

"Both accused are remanded to judicial custody till August 5," Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal said, while sending the duo to judicial custody in Tihar Jail.

Crime Branch sleuths of Delhi Police said Hindustani, named key conspirator in the scam, confronted IAS officer S P Gupta, a witness in the case.

The prosecution counsel submitted that the duo were personally interrogated by the Joint Commissioner of the Crime Branch.

The defence counsel accused the police of not complying with the court's order saying they were not allowed to remain present during the custodial interrogation of their clients despite the court's order.

The police countered the allegations of the defence counsel saying they were conducting a fair probe in the matter.