P C Gupta gets 14-day judicial custody in second land fraud

Noida | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

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The court noted that the accused is already in judicial custody since March 19 and there was no provision of retrospection of a court order,” he said. Greater Noida: The anti-corruption court of Meerut has decided to grant 14-day judicial custody of former CEO of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) P C Gupta and five other accused YEIDA officials who have been booked for another land fraud amounting to Rs 23.92 crore.TOI had earlier reported that the scam pertains to 2014 when the authority had acquired land of about 57.15 hectares in Midhawali village of Hathras district.Additional district government counsel (criminal) Sirajuddin Alvi said: “The court of Manjeet Singh Shyoran, anti-corruption judge II, Meerut noted the arguments of both the parties and dismissed the application filed by Gupta and others terming it baseless..