The Delhi Police, in its chargesheet filed against him, has said that Sushil Ansal, a convict in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, had cheated the authorities by hiding details of criminal cases pending against him while getting his passport renewed. In an eight-page chargesheet filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma, the police claimed that Ansal misled government officials by saying that he had not been convicted in any criminal proceedings by any court.
The police claimed that with regard to passports issued to Ansal on an ‘tatkal’ application in 2013, it has been observed that an affidavit under the Tatkal scheme requires specific statement by the applicant that any court case against the applicant No criminal proceedings are pending in of law or that he has not been convicted by any court of law for any criminal offense in the past. The chargesheet filed in February states that in 2013, accused Sushil Ansal had filed this affidavit along with his application and has misled the Government Authority (RPO) that he was not convicted in any criminal proceeding by any court. has gone. This year but only now it has come to the notice of the public.
The matter has been adjourned till January 31, 2022. The case was registered on the directions of the Delhi High Court while hearing a petition by Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) President Neelam Krishnamurthy, alleging that Ansal gave false information or misinformed Ansal. Authorization for renewal of their passport.
On June 13, 1997, 59 people lost their lives when a fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema during the screening of the Hindi film ‘Border’.
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