New Delhi: In further trouble for the Ansal brothers in the Uphaar fire case, a new chargesheet was moved before a trial court today by Delhi Police which held that there was a "prima facie" case against them for tampering with judicial records.

The issue also came up before the Delhi High Court with the Police claiming to have got hold of "substantial" evidence against Sushil and Gopal Ansal and four others for "tampering" with records of the 1997 fire in the posh south Delhi cinema theatre that claimed 59 lives. Ansals had appealed in the High Court against their two year jail term in the fire case.

The documents said to have been tampered with included a police memo giving details of recoveries immediately after the incident, Delhi Fire Service records pertaining to repair of transformer installed inside Uphaar, minutes of Managing Director's meetings and four cheques, the chargesheet said.

Out of the six set of documents, a cheque of Rs 50 lakh, issued by Sushil Ansal to self, and minutes of the MD's meetings, prove beyond doubt that the two brothers were handling the day-to-day affairs of the theatre at the relevant time, it said.

The Ansal brothers had argued that they were not handling the affairs of the theatre as they had already resigned from the board of directors of M/s Ansal Theatres and Clubotels Pvt Limited, which was owning the cinema hall.

Source : PTI