OP Chautala son visits Rio without court nod

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

The issue came up when during a recent hearing, special CBI judge Sanjay Garg-I was informed that Abhay Chautala was absent as he, being a sports administrator and former president of Indian Olympic Association, has gone to attend the Rio Olympics from August 2 to 25.

His counsel moved an application seeking exemption from 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 country.

The court, however, said, “No specific permission has been sought by this accused from this court to go abroad. Counsel for the 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 has fixed the matter for August 17 for further proceedings.