Sahara Chief Subrata Roy Has Been Taken Into Custody By Lucknow
Police, His Lawyer Informed The Supreme Court On Friday. Roy Was Arrested On Friday
Morning At 10:30 In Lucknow.His Lawyer Wanted The Supreme Court To Hear The
Matter On Friday Itself But The Judges Declined The Request. The Court Informed
The Lawyer That He Will Be In Custody Till March 3 And The Case Will Be Taken
Up On March 4.
Earlier On Friday Roy Issued A Statement Where He Said That
He Was Not Absconding Arrest And Was Indeed In Lucknow. He Also Requested The Supreme
Court To Put Him Under House Arrest With His Ailing Mother In Lucknow.
In The Media Statement Issued On Friday Morning, Roy Said,
"I Am Not Absconding. I Am In Lucknow. With Folded Hands And All Humility I
Ask The Honourable Judges To Leave Me Under House Arrest With My Ailing
Mother."
Roy's Statements Come A Day After The Uttar Pradesh Police Conducted
Raids At His Lucknow Residence But Failed To Find Him.
The Sahara Supremo Had Written To The Supreme Court Saying
That He Should Not Be Arrested Till March 3 And Allowed To Stay With His
Mother. He Said That He Was Ready To "Unconditionally" Obey Supreme
Court Direction And Was Ready To Come To Delhi If Asked By The SC.
Accusing The Media Of Character Assassination, Roy Said That
He Would Never 'Forget' The People (In Media) If Anything Happened To His
Mother In His Absence.
"I Have Informed Police To Do Their Duty As Per
Direction Of Supreme Court: Sahara Chief Says In A Statement. People Advised Me
To Get Admitted In Hospital To Avoid Courts On Medical Grounds. I Hate To Do
Such Drama, " He Added.
Roy On Thursday Moved The Supreme Court Asking For The
Recall Of The Non-Bailable Warrant. He Also Tendered An Unconditional Apology
To The Court Admitting That Not Turning Up At Court Was An Error In Judgement. The
Supreme Court Will Hear Subrata's Plea Later In The Day Today.
Subrata Roy Said That Arresting Him Will Hurt His
Reputation.
Besides Seeking Recall Of Wednesday's Order And The NBW, Roy's
Application Sought A Stay Of The Operation Of The Order During The Pendency Of
This Application. He Appealed To The "Humane Side" Of The Court To
Consider Sympathetically The Wishes Of His Mother And Permit Him To Be With Her
In Her Last Moments. Roy Also Said That He Believed That The Court Will In All
Its Magnanimity Pardon The "Error Of Judgement" On His Part And
Condone His Non-Appearance Since It Was "Neither Intentional Nor
Deliberate".
He Submitted That The Non-Recall Of The NBW Order Shall
Cause "Grave Prejudice" To Him And He Shall Suffer "Irreparable
Loss And Injury Because Without Your Lordships' Merciful Favour Applicant
Cannot Be With His Mother In Peace". Roy Submitted That He Was Emotionally
And Mentally Very Attached To His Mother Who Has Been Guiding Light In His Life
Since He Lost His Father 37 Years Ago.The Court Had Issued A Non-Bailable
Arrest Warrant Against Him On Wednesday When He Failed To Appear In Court In
Connection With Sahara's Failure To Refund Rs 20,000 Crore To Investors.
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