Court asks why Abhay Chautala went to Rio Olympics

A special court has asked how Abhay Chautala has gone abroad to attend the Rio Olympics without seeking its permission. Chautala is the son of INLD chief O P Chautala and is facing trial in a disproportionate assets case.

The issue came up during a recent hearing, when Special CBI Judge Sanjay Garg-I was informed that Abhay Chautala was absent since he had  gone to attend the Rio Olympics from August 2 to 25.

The judge was told that Chautala left for the Olympics since he is a sports administrator and a former president of the Indian Olympic Association.

His counsel moved an application seeking exemption from the personal appearance of the politician and said that there was no specific condition imposed by the court in the bail order regarding seeking its permission for going out of the country.

However, the court said, “No specific permission has been sought by the accused from this court to go abroad. Counsel for accused submits that since there is no specific condition regarding seeking permission from the court for going abroad in the bail order, due to this reason no permission was taken from this court.”

CBI prosecutor Ajay Kumar Gupta sought time to argue on this aspect after which the court fixed the matter for August 17 for further proceedings.

The CBI had registered a case of disproportionate assets against INLD chief and former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala and his sons Ajay and Abhay upon a complaint of Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala.